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semiprivate

[ sem-ee-prahy-vit, sem-ahy- ]

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 Words From

  • sem·i·pri·va·cy [sem-ee-, prahy, -v, uh, -see, sem-ahy-], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of semiprivate1

First recorded in 1875–80; semi- + private
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Example Sentences

Former top New York Times editor Jill Abramson wrote in praise of McNeil’s reporting and suggested that Times readers hadn’t been hurt by what he said in a semiprivate setting.

He strolled about, reading the names over the small shops, the corner public house, the dressmakers' semiprivate residences.

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