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Definition of Private
Private

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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Private Quotations

I want to keep my private life private.
Cathy Freeman

To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.
Catherine Deneuve

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
Joseph Campbell

God enters by a private door into every individual.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Mark Twain

Private Translations

private in Afrikaans is privaat, privaat-
private in Danish is privat
private in Finnish is yksityinen
private in German is privat
private in Italian is privato
private in Latin is privatus
private in Portuguese is confidencial
private in Spanish is privado
private in Swedish is enskild, menig, privat


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