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private
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[ adjective ] confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Examples "a private place" "private discussions" "private lessons" "a private club" "a private secretary" "private property" "a private citizen" "a private life" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)The sequence of events leading to his important discovery still remains ambiguous but it seems that one of the advanced students at the university related that the first direct event that led to the publication of Oersted 's discovery occurred during a private lecture made before a group of other advanced students in the spring of 1820 . (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)In the area of private label competition , it is logical to expect a continuation of trends which have been under_way during the first decade . As mass dealer and distributor organizations grow in size , there is every reason to expect them to try to share_in the manufacturer 's as_well as the distributor 's profits - which is , in_effect , what the sale of private brands tends to do . Average manufacturer frequently has helped build private brand business , delivering largely the same qualities and styles in private brand merchandise as in branded . Average manufacturer frequently has helped build private brand business , delivering largely the same qualities and styles in private brand merchandise as in branded . |
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[ noun ] (military,work) an enlisted man of the lowest rank
Synonyms Examples "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Private George_Gray_Hunter of Pennsylvania wrote : `` I am well convinced in My own Mind that had it not been for officers this war would have ended long ago '' . Private Jenkins_Lloyd_Jones of the Wisconsin_Light_Artillery wrote in his diary : `` I strolled among the Alabamans on the right , found some of the greenest specimens of humanity I think in the universe their ignorance being little less_than the slave they despise with as imperfect a dialect ' They Recooned as how you ' uns all would be a heap wus to we ' uns all '' ' . In a similar vein , but writing from the opposite side , Thomas_Taylor , a private in the 6_th Alabama_Volunteers , in a letter to his wife , stated : `` You know that my heart is with you but I never could have been satisfied to have staid at home when my country is invaded by a thievin foe By a set of cowardly Skunks whose Motto is Booty . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] concerning things deeply private and personal
Examples "private correspondence" "private family matters" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] concerning one person exclusively
Synonyms Examples "we all have individual cars" "each room has a private bath" Related terms |
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