private
[ prahy-vit ]
/ ˈpraɪ vɪt /
adjective
noun
a soldier of one of the three lowest enlisted ranks.
privates. private parts.
SYNONYMS FOR private
10 sequestered, retired.
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Idioms for private
in private, not publicly; secretly: The hearing will be conducted in private.
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private
/ (ˈpraɪvɪt) /
adjective
noun
a soldier of the lowest rank, sometimes separated into qualification grades, in many armies and marine corpsprivate first class
Derived forms of private
privately, adverbWord Origin for private
C14: from Latin prīvātus belonging to one individual, withdrawn from public life, from prīvāre to deprive, bereave
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