semiprivate

American  

[sem-ee-prahy-vit, sem-ahy-] / ˌsɛm iˈpraɪ vɪt, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

adjective

1. having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.

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Other Word Forms

• semiprivacy
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of semiprivate

First recorded in 1875–80; semi- + private

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Example Sentences

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semiprivate

They’re paying more than $200 a person for semiprivate tours of the Colosseum, visiting Scottish farms where they can brush Highland cows and taking perfume-making classes in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The national annual median cost of a semiprivate room in a nursing home was $111,325, according to the 2024 Cost of Care Survey by Genworth and CareScout.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026

We were mostly in this large conference room, like a church lunchroom, with tons of long tables in the middle, with these little semiprivate consult rooms off to the side.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026

The Fed’s 12 reserve banks — semiprivate institutions dotted across the country — each has a nine-person board of directors, three of whom come from the banking industry.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

He was rushed by ambulance to the Brooklyn Memorial Hospital and put into a semiprivate room one floor below the eye ward.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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