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pri⋅vate

  [prahy-vit]
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–adjective
1. belonging to some particular person: private property.
2. pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal: for your private satisfaction.
3. confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned; confidential: a private meeting.
4. personal and not publicly expressed: one's private feelings.
5. not holding public office or employment: private citizens.
6. not of an official or public character: private life.
7. removed from or out of public view or knowledge; secret: private papers.
8. not open or accessible to the general public: a private beach.
9. undertaken individually or personally: private research.
10. without the presence of others; alone.
11. solitary; secluded.
12. preferring privacy; retiring: a very private person.
13. intimate; most personal: private behavior.
14. of, having, or receiving special hospital facilities, privileges, and services, esp. a room of one's own and liberal visiting hours: a private room; a private patient.
15. of lowest military rank.
16. of, pertaining to, or coming from nongovernmental sources: private funding.
–noun
17. a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
18. privates. private parts.
—Idiom
19. in private, not publicly; secretly: The hearing will be conducted in private.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L prīvātus private, lit., taken away (from public affairs), special use of ptp. of prīvāre to rob. See deprive, -ate 1

Related forms:
pri⋅vate⋅ly, adverb
pri⋅vate⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. singular, particular, peculiar. 10. sequestered, retired.

Antonyms:
2. general, public.
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pri·vate   (prī'vĭt)   
adj.  
    1. Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others: a private hideaway.
    2. Designed or intended for one's exclusive use: a private room.
    3. Of or confined to the individual; personal: a private joke; private opinions.
    4. Undertaken on an individual basis: private studies; private research.
    5. Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges: a private patient.
    6. Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.
    7. Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.
    8. Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.
    9. Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.
    10. Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
    11. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
    12. Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
    1. Of or confined to the individual; personal: a private joke; private opinions.
    2. Undertaken on an individual basis: private studies; private research.
    3. Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges: a private patient.
    4. Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.
    5. Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.
    6. Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.
    7. Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.
    8. Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
    9. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
    10. Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
  3. Not available for public use, control, or participation: a private club; a private party.
    1. Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.
    2. Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.
    3. Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.
    4. Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.
    5. Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
    6. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
    7. Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
  5. Not holding an official or public position: a private citizen.
    1. Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
    2. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
    3. Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
n.  
    1. Abbr. PVT or Pvt or Pvt. A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.
    2. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military organization.
  2. privates Private parts. Often used with the.

[Middle English privat, from Latin prīvātus, not in public life, past participle of prīvāre, to release, deprive, from prīvus, single, alone; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
pri'vate·ly adv., pri'vate·ness n.
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Pri"vate*ly\, adv. 1. In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others.

2. In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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