Sekirov Dictionary

private

/ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/

adjective 11
noun 8
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 2

adjective11

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belonging to a person, a group or a company, and not to the government
- In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies.
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Not in governmental office or employment.
- Military secrets should not be entrusted to unreliable private individuals.
Financially reliant on fees rather than government funding.
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Relating to an individual or group of individuals outside of their official roles; often, sensitive or personal.
- This book is her private journal.
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Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.
- The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.
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Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
- Can we go somewhere more private?
Of a room in a medical facility, not shared with another patient.
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Secretive; reserved.
- He is a very private person.
Not traded by the public.
Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
Of the mind or language, not in principle experienceable, knowable, or understandable by others.

noun8

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
[in the plural] (informal, euphemistic) The genitals.
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[usually plural] A private lesson.
- If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates.
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A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
- Because you are already moving people with the limitations of what we did in 1982 on the capping of Medicare, you are finding out that the privates are picking up that slack, […] — 1993
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(no longer used) One not invested with a public office.
- And what haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too,[…] — 1599
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(no longer used) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
- The Count Meloone, a Noble Lord of France, Whose priuate with me of the Dolphines loue, s much more generall, then these lines import. — 1596
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(no longer used) Privacy; retirement.
- Go off, I discard you: let me enioy my priuate: go off. — 1601
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(no longer used) Personal interest; particular business.
- Nor must I be unmindful of my private. — 1611

verb1

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(Internet) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).
- During these negotiations, however, the Kleins say that Hosseinzadeh issued a copyright takedown for the video — even after it had already been privated. — 2016

forms

privated · privating · privates · more private · privater · most private · privatest

Phrases with private

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