private
Speech parts
1. private - Noun
2. private - Adjective
3. private - Verb
4. private - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
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.
Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
Personal interest; particular business.
Privacy; retirement.
One not invested with a public office.
A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
The private parts; the genitals.
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Examples
We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get some advantage from the skill of the one and the position of the other. Walk in the sun, and your shadow will follow you, whether you will or not.
Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damn business.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.
On entering a country, ask what is forbidden, on entering a village, ask what are the customs, on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.
A princely mind will undo a private family.