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[ˈprʌɪvɪt], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only
(e.g: all bedrooms have private facilities)
- (of a person) having no official or public role or position
(e.g: the paintings were sold to a private collector)
- (of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than the state
(e.g: this research was carried out by private industry)
Phrases:
- in private
Origin
:
late Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’
[ˈprʌɪvɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class
Phrases:
- in private
Origin
:
late Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’
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