Private Definition
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Private Definition
1 a : intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person, group, or class
a private park
b : belonging to or concerning an individual person, company, or interest
a private house
c (1) : carried on by the individual independently of the usual institutions
a doctor in private practice also : being educated by independent study or a tutor or in a private school private students
(2) : restricted to the individual or arising independently of others
private opinion
d : not general in effect
a private statute
e (1) : accommodating only one patient
The private patient room, once a luxury for the privileged few, is about to become the standard for the nation's hospitals, as evidence mounts that shared rooms lead to higher infection rates, more medical errors, privacy violations and harmful stress. — Laura Landro
(2) : staying or recovering in a room accommodating only one patient
private hospital patients — compare semiprivate sense 2
2 a (1) : not related to one's official position : personal private correspondence
(2) : not holding public office or employment
a private citizen
3 a : not known or intended to be known publicly : secret
b : preferring to keep personal affairs to oneself : valuing privacy highly
c : withdrawn from company or observation
a private retreat
d : unsuitable for public use or display
4 : not having shares that can be freely traded on the open market
a private company
1 a : an enlisted person of the lowest rank in the marine corps or of one of the two lowest ranks in the army
b : a person of low rank in any of various organizations (such as a police or fire department)
2 privates plural : private parts
3 archaic : one not in public office
: for the use of a single person or group : belonging to one person or group : not public
: not relating to a person's official position or job
: not known by the public or by other people
: a person of the lowest rank in the U.S. or British Army or the U.S. Marines
1 : having to do with or for the use of a single person or group : not public
private property
2 : not holding any public office
a private citizen
3 : secret entry 1 sense 1 private meetings
: an enlisted person of the lowest rank in the marine corps or of either of the two lowest ranks in the army
1 : accommodating only one patient
a private patient room also : staying or recovering in a room accommodating only one patient private hospital patients — compare semiprivate
2 : of, relating to, or being private practice
a private office a private practitioner
1 a : intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person or group or class of persons : not available to the public
a private park
b : not related to, controlled by, or deriving from the state
a private school
2 a : owned by or concerning an individual person or entity
private land
b : not having shares that can be freely traded on the open market
a private company
3 : affecting the interests of a particular person, class or group of persons, or locality
private legislation private rights
4 a : not invested with or engaged in public office or employment
a private citizen
b : not related to or dependent on an official position
private correspondence
5 : not known publicly or carried on in public especially : intended only for the persons involved
6 : made under private signature
a private instrument
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Definition of private (Entry 2 of 2)
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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Middle English privat , from Anglo-French, from Latin privatus , from past participle of privare to deprive, release, from privus private, individual; probably akin to Latin pro for, in front of — more at for
“Private.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private. Accessed 2 Feb. 2021.
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Her address is private ; you can't have it.
He quit public life, living quietly as a private citizen.
The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private .
± show ▼ belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
± show ▼ not accessible by the public
± show ▼ not in governmental office or employment
± show ▼ not publicly known; not open; secret
± show ▼ protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded
± show ▼ not shared with another patient
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show ▼ Terms derived from the adjective or noun private
From Latin prīvātus ( “ bereaved, deprived, set apart from ” ) , perfect passive participle of prīvō ( “ I bereave, deprive ” ) , from prīvus ( “ private, one's own, peculiar ” ) .
private ( comparative more private , superlative most private )
From privata ( “ private ” ) + -e ( adverbial ending ) .
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