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in private
pri·vate P0568800 (prī′vĭt)adj.1. a. Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others: a private hideaway.b. Designed or intended for one's exclusive use: a private room.2. a. Of or confined to the individual; personal: a private joke; private opinions.b. Undertaken on an individual basis: private studies; private research.c. Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges: a private patient.3. Not available for public use, control, or participation: a private club; a private party.4. a. Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.b. Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.c. Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.d. Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.5. Capitalized in shares of stock that are held by a relatively small number of owners and are not traded on the open market: a private company; a company that went private; took a company private.6. Not holding an official or public position: a private citizen.7. a. Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.b. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.c. Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.n.1. a. A noncommissioned rank in the US Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.b. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military organization.2. privates Private parts. Often used with the.Idioms: go private To take a publicly owned company into private ownership, as by a leveraged buyout. in private Not in public; secretly or confidentially.
[Middle English privat, from Latin prīvātus, not in public life, past participle of prīvāre, to release, deprive, from prīvus, single, alone; see per in Indo-European roots.]
pri′vate·ly adv.pri′vate·ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | in private - kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private"in camera, privately |
Translationsprivate (ˈpraivət) adjective1. of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public. The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations. 私人的 私人的2. having no public or official position or rank. It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police. 無官職的，平民的 无官职的，平民的 noun in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer. 士兵 士兵privacy (ˈprivəsi) , ((American) ˈprai-) noun the state of being away from other people's sight or interest. in the privacy of your own home. 隱居 隐居ˈprivately adverb 私人地 私人地private enterprise the management and financing of industry etc by individual persons or companies and not by the state. 私人企業 私人企业private means money that does not come from one's work but from investment, inheritance etc. 薪資以外的收入(如投資或遺產贈予) 工资以外的收入（投资等私人收入） in private with no-one else listening or watching; not in public. May I speak to you in private? 秘密地 秘密地in private
in privateAway from others or in a way that others will not be able to observe; privately, as opposed to in public. We need to meet in private so that the paparazzi don't see us together. You better speak to him in private about that, instead of ambushing him in front of the whole staff.See also: privatein privateprivately; without others present. I'd like to speak to you in private. I enjoy spending the evening in private.See also: privatein privateNot in public; secretly, confidentially. For example, The hearings will be conducted in private, or May I speak to you in private? [Late 1500s] For an antonym, see in public. See also: private in private Not in public; secretly or confidentially.See also: privatein private
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