Private

Russian Meaning

English Meaning

1. Secluded from the sight, presence, or intrusion of others: a private hideaway.
2. Designed or intended for one's exclusive use: a private room.
3. Of or confined to the individual; personal: a private joke; private opinions.
4. Undertaken on an individual basis: private studies; private research.
5. Of, relating to, or receiving special hospital services and privileges: a private patient.
6. Not available for public use, control, or participation: a private club; a private party.
7. Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.
8. Of, relating to, or derived from nongovernment sources: private funding.
9. Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.
10. Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.
11. Not holding an official or public position: a private citizen.
12. Not for public knowledge or disclosure; secret: private papers; a private communication.
13. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.
14. Placing a high value on personal privacy: a private person.
15. A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.
16. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military organization.
17. Private parts. Often used with the.
18. go private To take a publicly owned company into private ownership, as by a leveraged buyout.
19. in private Not in public; secretly or confidentially.