Private
['praɪvət]
Definition
(noun.) an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines; 'our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value'.
(adj.) concerning things deeply private and personal; 'private correspondence'; 'private family matters' .
(adj.) confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; 'a private place'; 'private discussions'; 'private lessons'; 'a private club'; 'a private secretary'; 'private property'; 'the former President is now a private citizen'; 'public figures struggle to maintain a private life' .
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Definition
(a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
(a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
(a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
(a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
(a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
(n.) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
(n.) Personal interest; particular business.
(n.) Privacy; retirement.
(n.) One not invested with a public office.
(n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
(n.) The private parts; the genitals.
Checker: Virgil
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Secluded, retired, sequestered, isolated.[2]. Individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular.[3]. Secret, privy, CLANDESTINE, close.[4]. Confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated.
n. Common soldier.
Checker: Sinclair
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Special, peculiar, individual, secret, not_public, retired, privy
ANT:General, public, open, unconcealed
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Definition
adj. apart from the state: not invested with public office: peculiar to one's self: belonging to an individual person or company: not public: retired from observation: secret: not publicly known: not holding a commission.—n. a common soldier: (Shak.) a person without public office a secret message privacy retirement.—adv. Prī′vately.—n. Prī′vateness.—Private act &c. an act &c. which deals with the concerns of private persons—opp. to General act &c.; Private judgment the judgment of an individual esp. on the meaning of a passage or doctrine of Scripture as distinguished from the interpretation of the church; Private law that part of law which deals with the rights and duties of persons qu?individuals; Private legislation legislation affecting the interests of private persons; Private parts the sexual organs; Private property rights the property rights of individual persons as distinguished from that which belongs to a public body and is devoted to public use; Private trust a trust managed in the interest of private parties; Private wrong an injury done to an individual in his private capacity.—In private privately in secret; The private (obs.) the private life of individuals.
Checker: Lowell
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope.
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Examples
- Entering the open passage, she tapped at the door of the private parlour, unfastened it, and looked in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Such companies, therefore, commonly draw to themselves much greater stocks, than any private copartnery can boast of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By degrees the anarchy finds a way into private houses, and ends by getting among the animals and infecting them. Plato. The Republic.
- Both the private father and the Father of the Marshalsea were strong within him then. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The relation of this affecting incident of private life brought master and man to Mr. Perker's chambers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You haven't seen my private expense book yet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The overt act charged in the indictment was a libel found in his private study. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Since then the revolver has become a great weapon in both private and public warfare. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You have reminded me, Sir, that this conversation was private--private and confidential, gentlemen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Private enterprise, therefore, so far from bothering about the public need of housing, did nothing but corner and speculate in rents and sub-letting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was to protect private property that the Revolution began. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One day in private, the two young gentlemen had had a difference. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A private sitting-room having been engaged, bedrooms inspected, and dinner ordered, the party walked out to view the city and adjoining neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Some of the higher officers were little better than the privates. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Men were put to work getting out timber to build huts, and in a very short time all were comfortably housed--privates as well as officers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So many could receive the pay of non-commissioned officers of the various grades, and the remainder the pay of privates. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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