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private

Definition for private

adjective as in hidden, isolated

noun as in lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service

Strongest match

soldier

Strong matches

GI, infantry, sailor

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Example Sentences

“We’re trying to make the best use of our city space so that we’re not paying for private leases,” said Chavez.

On his refusal to hand over his phone, he says: "I have private pictures and videos and numbers... my private emails, my private songs, my private voice memos."

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Her parents became born-again Christians when she was in primary school, after which her mother took extra work as a bus driver to pay for Gigi and her sisters to attend a private religious school in Florida.

From BBC

With six coal-fired power plants, Mr Adani is India's largest private player in power.

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Great American novelist Cormac McCarthy was defensively private and didn’t share much about the inspiration behind his books — or about himself.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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