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/ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/ · adjective
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state..
In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.
This book is her private journal.
It was a very private thing, they felt, and not to be tossed indiscriminately about.
Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.
The key point in the original article was that the relationship with the woman, named “Colette,” came to light because Aupetit had sent a private letter meant for her to his secretary instead.
Can we go somewhere more private?
Use private when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Private means Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state..
Common synonyms include bits, private parts, close, individual.
Possible antonyms include public, published.
In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies.
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