private — pri‧vate [ˈpraɪvt] adjective [only before a noun] 1. private property, businesses, activities etc are owned or paid for by people and companies, rather than the government: • They transferred ownership of thousands of companies from the state to … Financial and business terms
private — pri·vate adj 1 a: intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person or group or class of persons: not available to the public a private park b: not related to, controlled by, or deriving from the state a private school 2 a: owned by or … Law dictionary
Private — Media Group Pour l’article homonyme, voir Private (homonymie). Private Media Group … Wikipédia en Français
Private — Pri vate (?; 48), a. [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) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Private — can refer to:* Privacy, the ability of a person to control the availability and path of information about himself or herself and exposure of himself or herself. * privately held companies * Private (rank), a military grade * Private (film), a… … Wikipedia
Private — Pri vate (pr[imac] v[asl]t), n. 1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nor must I be unmindful of my private. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
private — (adj.) late 14c., from L. privatus set apart, belonging to oneself (not to the state), used in contrast to publicus, communis; originally pp. stem of privare to separate, deprive, from privus one s own, individual, from Old L. pri before.… … Etymology dictionary
private — [[t]pra͟ɪvɪt[/t]] ♦♦ privates 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Private industries and services are owned or controlled by an individual person or a commercial company, rather than by the state or an official organization. ...a joint venture with private… … English dictionary
private — pri|vate1 W1S1 [ˈpraıvıt] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not for the public)¦ 2¦(not government)¦ 3¦(for only a few)¦ 4¦(secret)¦ 5¦(not publicly known)¦ 6¦(not work)¦ 7¦(quiet place)¦ 8¦(person)¦ 9 private joke ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date … Dictionary of contemporary English
private — privately, adv. privateness, n. /pruy vit/, adj. 1. belonging to some particular person: private property. 2. pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal: for your private satisfaction. 3.… … Universalium
private — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English privat, from Anglo French, from Latin privatus, from past participle of privare to deprive, release, from privus private, individual; probably akin to Latin pro for, in front of more at for Date: 14th… … New Collegiate Dictionary