What is private?

  • (noun): An enlisted man of the lowest rank.
    Example: "Our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
    Synonyms: buck private, common soldier
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on private:

Taylor County, Wisconsin - Transportation - Air Transportation
... There are six other private landing strips in the county ... Location Airport Name Status Location Roosevelt Baldez Field Private T.30N-R.3W Sec.2 Goodrich Charlie's Field Private T.31N-R.3E Sec. 19 Aurora East Gilman Field Private T.31N-R.3W Sec ...
Detective
... A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person ... The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes" ...
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Member Schools - Former Members
... Mount Vernon 1853 Methodist 1,155 2012 ... Midwest Des Moines University N/A Des Moines 1898 Private 1,500 1929 ... Dropped athletics in 1929 Ellsworth College ... Ambrose University Fighting Bees Davenport 1882 Private/Roman Catholic 2,829 1954 ... MCC (NAIA) Upper Iowa University Peacocks Fayette 1857 Private 2003 ... Northern Sun (NSIC) (NCAA Division II ...
Deerfield, Massachusetts - Education
... Several private schools in the town include The Bement School (a coeducational boarding school, grades K-9), the Eaglebrook School (a private boys' boarding school for grades 6-9), and ... There are other private schools in the Deerfield area ... The nearest private colleges, including members of the Five Colleges and Seven Sisters, are located southeast in the Northampton area ...
Akademgorodok in The Post-Soviet Era
... Beginning in the mid-1990s, as economic reforms allowed private investment in Russia, Akademgorodok saw the beginnings of venture funding ... By 1997 private investment reached $10 million by 2006 it was $150 million and climbing ... While still minuscule by the standards of other countries, the private venture effort in Akademgorodok has breathed new life into what was once one of the Soviet Union's ...

More definitions of "private":

  • (adj): Confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy.
    Example: "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"
  • (adj): Not expressed.
    Synonyms: secret
  • (adj): Concerning one person exclusively.
    Example: "Each room has a private bath"
    Synonyms: individual
  • (adj): Concerning things deeply private and personal.
    Example: "Private correspondence"; "private family matters"

Famous quotes containing the word private:

    We are sure that, though we know not how, necessity does comport with liberty, the individual with the world, my polarity with the spirit of the times. The riddle of the age has for each a private solution.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
    Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)

    To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,—that is genius.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)