Etymology : Middle English privat, 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
Pronunciation : prI-v&t
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century
1. soldier of the three lowest military ranks. intimate, for or pertaining to a small group of people; personal, of an individual. 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) and akin to prae before. see:
prior, a., and cf. deprive, privy, a.].
2. 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.
3. sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer. reason then retires into her private cell when nature rests.
4. not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life. a private person may arrest a felon.
5. not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
6. having secret or private knowledge; privy. [obs.]private act or.
7. 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.
8. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
9. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
10. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
11. Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
12. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
13. Personal interest; particular business.
14. Privacy; retirement.
15. One not invested with a public office.
16. A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
17. The private parts; the genitals. an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value" concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters" 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" Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.
18. That which is produced by printing.
19. An impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate.
20. A printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical.
21. A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth.
22. A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper.
23. 1. 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. Bupa runs private hospitals in Britain Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets. + privately pri·vate·ly No other European country had so few privately owned businesses She was privately educated at schools in Ireland and Paris.
24. Private individuals are acting only for themselves, and are not representing any group, company, or organization. the law's insistence that private citizens are not permitted to have weapons The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors.
25. Your private things belong only to you, or may only be used by you. There are 76 individually furnished bedrooms, all with private bathrooms.
26. Private places or gatherings may be attended only by a particular group of people, rather than by the general public. 673 private golf clubs took part in a recent study The door is marked `Private' ¡Ù public.
27. Private meetings, discussions, and other activities involve only a small number of people, and very little information about them is given to other people. Don't bug private conversations, and don't buy papers that reprint them. + privately pri·vate·ly Few senior figures have issued any public statements but privately the resignation's been welcomed.
28. Your private life is that part of your life that is concerned with your personal relationships and activities, rather than with your work or business. I've always kept my private and professional life separate = personal.
29. Your private thoughts or feelings are ones that you do not talk about to other people. We all felt as if we were intruding on his private grief. + privately pri·vate·ly Privately, she worries about whether she's really good enough.
30. You can use private to describe situations or activities that are understood only by the people involved in them, and not by anyone else. Chinese waiters stood in a cluster, sharing a private joke.
31. If you describe a place as private, or as somewhere where you can be private, you mean that it is a quiet place and you can be alone there without being disturbed. It was the only reasonably private place they could find.
32. If you describe someone as a private person, you mean that they are very quiet by nature and do not reveal their thoughts and feelings to other people. Gould was an intensely private individual.
33. You can use private to describe lessons that are not part of ordinary school activity, and which are given by a teacher to an individual pupil or a small group, usually in return for payment. Martial arts: Private lessons: £8 per hour. Donald Tovey, who took her as his private pupil for the piano.
34. A private is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines. see also:
privately.
35. If you do something in private, you do it without other people being present, often because it is something that you want to keep secret. Some of what we're talking about might better be discussed in private.
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