private private (prīʹvĭt) adjectiveAbbr. priv., pvt.1. a. Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others: a private hideaway. b. Designed or intended for one"s exclusive sầu use: a private room.2. a. Of or confined lớn the individual; personal: a private joke; private opinions. b. Undertaken on an individual basis: private studies; private retìm kiếm. c. Of, relating to lớn, or receiving special hospital services & privileges: a private patient.3. Not available for public use, control, or participation: a private club; a private các buổi party. 4. a. Belonging to lớn a particular person or persons, as opposed lớn the public or the government: private property. b. Conducted và supported primarily by private individuals or by a nongovernmental agency or corporation: a private college; a private sanatorium. c. Of, relating lớn, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.5. Not holding an official or public position: a former President who is now a private citizen. 6. 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 retiring, private individual.noun1. Abbr. PVT, Pvt a. A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class. b. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military or paramilitary organization.2. privates Private parts. Often used with the. idiom.go privateTo take a publicly owned company into lớn private ownership, as by a leveraged buyout. in privateNot in public; secretly or confidentially. priʹvately adverb priʹvateness noun
