privates

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.

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[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.]

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pri′vate·ly adv.pri′vate·ness n.

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privates - external sex organ genital organ, genitalia, genitals, private parts, crotchreproductive organ, sex organ - any organ involved in sexual reproductionpudendum - human external genital organs collectively especially of a femalefemale genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals, fanny - external female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals"family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals - external male sex organs