Dictionary Definition
private adj
1 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"
[ant: public]
2 concerning things deeply private and personal;
"private correspondence"; "private family matters"
3 concerning one person exclusively; "we all have
individual cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: individual(a)]
4 not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"
[syn: secret] n : an
enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private
and knew nothing of value" [syn: buck
private, common
soldier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From privatus, "bereaved", "set apart from", from privare, "to deprive", from privus, "single", "peculiar".Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹaɪvət/
- Hyphenation: pri·vate
Adjective
- Not done in the view of or with the possibility of disturbance
by others.
- private activity
- Intended only for one's own use.
- private papers
- Not accessible by the public.
- private property
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
not done in the view of others
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 私人的 (sīrén de)
- Czech: soukromý
- Dutch: in privé, privaat
- Esperanto: privata
- Finnish: yksityinen
- French: privé , privée
- German: privat
- Hebrew: ,
- Hungarian: magán-, privát
- Italian: privato , privata
- Japanese: 個人の (こじんの, kojin no)
- Korean: 사적인 (sajeokin)
- Portuguese: privado
- Russian: частный (částnyj)
- Spanish: privado
- Swedish: privat
intended only for one's own use
- Czech: soukromý
- Dutch: persoonlijk
- French: personnel , personnelle
- Finnish: yksityinen, henkilököhtainen
- German: privat
- Hebrew:
- Hungarian: külön
- Indonesian: pribadi
- Italian: personale m|f
not accessible by the public
Noun
Synonyms
- (genitals): bits, private parts
Translations
soldier
- Finnish: sotamies
- Hungarian: közlegény
- Spanish: soldado raso
genitals
Derived terms
Esperanto
Adverb
Italian
Adjective
private p- feminine of privato
Verb form
private- feminine plural past participle of privare
- second-person plural indicative present of privare
- second-person plural imperative of privare
Extensive Definition
Private can refer to:
- Privacy, the ability of a person to control the availability of information about his and exposure of him or herself
- Private (rank), a military grade
- Private (film), a 2004 Italian film
- Private (missile)
- Private (novel series), a young-adult book series launched in 2006
- Private Media Group, a European pornography company
- Personal property
- Genitalia, or "privates"
- Private (band), a Denmark-based band led by Thomas Troelsen
private in Danish: Privat
private in German: Privat
private in Japanese: プライベート
private in Dutch: Privaat
private in Swedish: Private
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Tommy,
Tommy Atkins, absolute,
anonymous, antisocial, behind closed
doors, buck private, certain, clandestine, closet, common soldier, concealed, concrete, confidential, confidentially, covert, covertly, deep-seated, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, different, discreet, distinct, distinguished, enlisted
man, esoteric, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, fixed, furtively, genitalia, genitals, grunt, hermitical, hidden, hush-hush, hushed, idiosyncratic, immanent, implanted, implicit, in camera, in
private, in secret, inaccessible, inalienable, incognito, individual, indwelling, infantryman, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, inwrought, irreducible, isolated, minute, noncommissioned officer,
not for publication, noteworthy, off the record,
on the sly, own, particular, peculiar, personal, personally, precise, private first class,
privately, privileged, privy, reclusive, reserved, resident, respective, restricted, restrictive, reticent, retired, retiring, secluded, seclusive, secret, secretively, secretly, sequestered, several, sex organs, singular, sneakily, sneaking, sneakingly, solipsistic, solitary, special, specific, sub rosa, subjective, surreptitious, surreptitiously, top
secret, unalienable,
unchallengeable,
uncommunicative,
undisclosed,
unofficial, unquestionable, unsociable, unsocial, withdrawn