secret, private
(adjective) not expressed; “secret (or private) thoughts”
private, individual(a)
(adjective) concerning one person exclusively; “we all have individual cars”; “each room has a private bath”
private, intimate
(adjective) concerning things deeply private and personal; “intimate correspondence”; “private family matters”
private
(adjective) 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”
private, buck private, common soldier
(noun) an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines; “our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
private (comparative more private, superlative most private)
Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
Not accessible by the public.
Not in governmental office or employment.
Not publicly known; not open; secret.
Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
Not traded by the public.
Secretive; reserved.
(US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.
(not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
• (done in the view of others): secluded
• (intended only for one's own use): personal
• (not accessible by the public)
• (not publicly known): secret
• package-private
• public
private (plural privates)
A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
(euphemism, in the plural) The genitals.
(obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
(obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.
(obsolete) Privacy; retirement.
(obsolete) One not invested with a public office.
(usually, in the plural) A private lesson.
• (genitals): bits, private parts
Private (plural Privates)
(military) Alternative letter-case form of private
Source: Wiktionary
Pri"vate (; 48), a. Etym: [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.]
1. 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.
2. 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. Milton.
3. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life. Shak. A private person may arrest a felon. Blackstone.
4. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
5. Having secret or private knowledge; privy. [Obs.] Private act or statute, a statute exclusively for the settlement of private and personal interests, of which courts do not take judicial notice; -- opposed to a general law, which operates on the whole community.
– Private nuisance or wrong. See Nuisance.
– Private soldier. See Private, n., 5.
– Private way, a right of private passage over another man's ground. Kent.
Pri"vate, n.
1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.] Nor must I be unmindful of my private. B. Jonson.
3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] "Go off; I discard you; let me enjoy my private." Shak.
4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic] What have kings, that privates have not too Shak.
5. (Mil.)
Definition: A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. Macaulay.
6. pl.
Definition: The private parts; the genitals. In private, secretly; not openly or publicly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
