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UK
/pɹˈaɪvət/
]
[ US /ˈpɹaɪvət/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹaɪvət/ ]
NOUN
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an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value
ADJECTIVE
-
not expressed
secret (or private) thoughts -
concerning one person exclusively
we all have individual cars
each room has a private bath -
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
private lessons
a private place
public figures struggle to maintain a private life
private property
a private club
the former President is now a private citizen
private discussions
a private secretary -
concerning things deeply private and personal
intimate correspondence
private family matters
How To Use private In A Sentence
- Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
- He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
- They contended that many foreign central banks were willing to absorb all the foreign currency earned by their exporting sectors that was not willingly held by their private sector in US dollar denominated assets.
- To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
- The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
- But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
- A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature.
- Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
- Moe is a 32 year old privately-owned chimp kept in a backyard in Los Angeles.
- The unpleasant truth is that hiding behind private ownership only hides the fall in value from people who choose not to look.