private

Adj

1. Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
2. Relating to an individual or group of individuals outside of their official roles; often, sensitive or personal.
3. Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.
4. Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded; not publicly accessible.
5. Not in governmental office or employment.
6. Secretive; reserved.
7. Not traded by the public.
8. Of a room in a medical facility, not shared with another patient.
9. (UK) Financially reliant on fees rather than government funding.
10. (not-comparable) Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
11. Of the mind or language, not in principle experienceable, knowable, or understandable by others.

Noun

1. A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
2. A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
3. (euphemistic, in-plural) The genitals.
4. (obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
5. (obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.
6. (obsolete) Privacy; retirement.
7. (obsolete) One not invested with a public office.
8. (plural-normally) A private lesson.

Verb

To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).

Opposite of

public, published

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English privat(e) (“individual, exclusive, private”), from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive, release”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), from prīvus (“private, one's own, proper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.

Synonyms

personal

secret

㊙️

individual

confidential

intimate

soldier

particular

inside

unofficial

hidden

informal

special

buck private

secluded

solitary

privy

own

common soldier

esoteric

fighter

nonpublic

surreptitious

clandestine

warrior

exclusive

enlisted man

underground

civilian

sequestered

civil

rank and file

recruit

hugger mugger

freshman

folk

closet

chaplain

family circle

closed

face-to-face

one’s own

classified

casual

battler

oneself

novice

mystical

especial

mysterious

militant

Translations

privé

privat

privado

privato

privado

privat

besloten

persönlich

kişisel

prywatny

particulier

personnel

şahsi

privata

privée

Sentences

It is used for small , private planes .

They studied with a private tutor after leaving the school .