Private
Meaning of Private
- belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.
all bedrooms have private facilities
his private plane
- (of a person) having no official or public role or position.
the paintings were sold to a private collector
- (of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than the state.
this research was carried out by private industry
- the lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class.
- short for private parts.
late Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.
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Hyphenation of Private
Pri-vate
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- Private is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Private synonyms
Meaning individual:
Meaning secret:
Meaning belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else:
Meaning used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class:
Meaning better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual:
Meaning excluding or not admitting other things:
Meaning (of broadcasting, a school, etc.) not supported by public funds:
Meaning transfer (a business, industry, or service) from public to private ownership and control:
Meaning transfer (a nationalized industry or institution) from public to private ownership:
Meaning concerned with or engaged in commerce:
Meaning a soldier belonging to an infantry regiment:
Meaning a private soldier in a cavalry or armoured unit:
Meaning a soldier responsible for tasks such as building and repairing roads and bridges, laying and clearing mines, etc:
Meaning a soldier in the ranks; a private:
Meaning an infantry soldier in the French army, especially one who fought in the First World War:
Meaning a male police constable or soldier:
Meaning a British private soldier:
Meaning a private soldier:
Meaning a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person:
Meaning a person, animal, or large machine that digs earth:
Private antonyms
Meaning of or concerning the people as a whole:
Meaning transfer (a major branch of industry or commerce) from private to state ownership or control:
Words that rhyme with Private
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