Definitions
Not public; personal
Word origin
From Middle English privat(e) (“individual, exclusive, private”), from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from, release”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive, release”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), from prīvus (“private, one's own, proper”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine. Doublet of privy.
Used in a sentence
“In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies.”
“This book is her private journal.”
“It was a very private thing, they felt, and not to be tossed indiscriminately about.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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