private

• (a) confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
  • a private place
  • private discussions
  • private lessons
  • a private club
  • a private secretary
  • private property
  • the former President is now a private citizen
  • public figures struggle to maintain a private life
• (s) concerning things deeply private and personal
  • private correspondence
  • private family matters
• (s) concerning one person exclusively
  • we all have individual cars
  • each room has a private bath
  individual,
• (s) not expressed
  • secret (or private) thoughts
  secret,

Nouns

• (n) an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
  • our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value
  buck private, common soldier,

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