Private - 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),
private]
4: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret,
private]
n 1: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines;
"our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
[syn: private, buck private, common soldier]