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Meaning of private

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  private
      adj 1: 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" [ant: {public}]
      2: concerning things deeply private and personal; "private
         correspondence"; "private family matters"
      3: concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual
         cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: {individual(a)},
         {private}]
      4: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: {secret},
         {private}]
      n 1: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines;
           "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
           [syn: {private}, {buck private}, {common soldier}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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