private

private: pri·vate adj

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; esp: intended only for the persons involved

6: made under private signature

a private instrument

private: I (confidential) adjective abstruse, arcane, arcanus, clandestine, closet, concealed, covert, cryptic, cryptical, dark, esoteric, esoterical, hidden, intimate, inviolable, mysterious, off-the-record, personal, privy, recondite, secret, undercover, undisclosable, undivulgable, unrevealable associated concepts: private papers, private writings II (not public) adjective closed, confined, exclusive, individual, individualized, limited, nonofficial, nonpublic, not open, personalized, privatus, reserved, restricted, select, unofficial associated concepts: private action, private agreement, private bill, private carrier, private corporation, private detective, private dwelling, private employment, private enterprise, private grant, private institution, private investigator, private nuissance, private property, private purposes, private sale, private statute, private trust, private use foreign phrases:
- Privatum incommodum publico bono pensatur. — Private inconvenience is compensated for by public benefit.

- Pactis privatorum juri publico non derogatur. — Private contracts do not derogate from public law

- jura publica anteferenda prlvatis. — Public rights are to be preferred to private rights
III (secluded) adjective apart, cloistered, hidden, inaccessible, insular, isolated, out-of-the-way, quiet, remote, removed, seclusive, separate, solitary, unfrequented IV index blind (concealed), confidence (relation of trust), confidential, covert, esoteric, furtive, interior, internal, intimate, obscure (remote), personal (individual), privy, remote (secluded), residential, secret, several (separate), solitary, surreptitious

private: adj.
The opposite of public; run by an individual or group for commercial purposes, as opposed to being run by the government; holding no public office; belonging to one particular person or group of people.

private: That which affects, characterizes, or belongs to an individual person, as opposed to the general public.

private: That which affects, characterizes, or belongs to an individual person, as opposed to the general public.

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Synonyms:

Secluded, retired, sequestered, solitary / Individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular / Privy / Confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated / Unofficial / Secret, concealed, hidden, clandestine, Common soldier

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private — pri‧vate [ˈpraɪvt] adjective [only before a noun] 1. private property, businesses, activities etc are owned or paid for by people and companies, rather than the government: • They transferred ownership of thousands of companies from the state to … Financial and business terms
Private — Media Group Pour l’article homonyme, voir Private (homonymie). Private Media Group … Wikipédia en Français
Private — Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone, single) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
private — [prī′vət] adj. [ME pryvat < L privatus, belonging to oneself, not to the state < privare, to separate, deprive < privus, separate, peculiar, prob. akin to OL pri: see PRIME] 1. of, belonging to, or concerning a particular person or… … English World dictionary
Private — can refer to:* Privacy, the ability of a person to control the availability and path of information about himself or herself and exposure of himself or herself. * privately held companies * Private (rank), a military grade * Private (film), a… … Wikipedia
private — ► ADJECTIVE 1) for or belonging to one particular person or group only. 2) (of a service or industry) provided by an individual or commercial company rather than the state. 3) (of thoughts, feelings, etc.) not to be shared or revealed. 4) (of a… … English terms dictionary
Private — Pri vate (pr[imac] v[asl]t), n. 1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nor must I be unmindful of my private. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
private — (adj.) late 14c., from L. privatus set apart, belonging to oneself (not to the state), used in contrast to publicus, communis; originally pp. stem of privare to separate, deprive, from privus one s own, individual, from Old L. pri before.… … Etymology dictionary
private — [adj1] personal, intimate behind the scenes*, clandestine, closet*, close to one’s chest*, confidential, discreet, exclusive, hushed, hush hush*, independent, individual, inside, nonpublic, not open, off the record*, own, particular, privy*,… … New thesaurus
private — [[t]pra͟ɪvɪt[/t]] ♦♦ privates 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Private industries and services are owned or controlled by an individual person or a commercial company, rather than by the state or an official organization. ...a joint venture with private… … English dictionary

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