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private
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?v?tus (“bereaved, deprived, set apart from”), perfect passive participle of pr?v? (“I bereave, deprive”), from pr?vus (“private, one's own, peculiar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per; compare prime, prior, pristine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?a?v?t/, /?p?a?v?t/
- Hyphenation: pri?vate
Adjective
private (comparative more private, superlative most private)
- Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
- Not accessible by the public.
- Not in governmental office or employment.
- Not publicly known; not open; secret.
- Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
- Not traded by the public.
- Secretive; reserved.
- (US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.
- (not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.
Synonyms
- (done in the view of others): secluded
- (intended only for one's own use): personal
- (not accessible by the public):
- (not publicly known): secret
Antonyms
- public
Hyponyms
- package-private
Translations
Noun
private (plural privates)
- A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
- A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
- 1973, Health/PAC Bulletin (issues 48-67, page 2)
- In the cities and towns of California, privates are pressuring county governments to close or reduce in size their hospitals and to pay private hospitals for the care of low-income patients. Thus everything is stacked against public hospitals.
- 1993, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs, The implementation of employer sanctions: Hearings
- Because you are already moving people with the limitations of what we did in 1982 on the capping of Medicare, you are finding out that the privates are picking up that slack, […]
- 1973, Health/PAC Bulletin (issues 48-67, page 2)
- (euphemistic, in the plural) The genitals.
- (obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
- (obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.
- Nor must I be unmindful of my private.
- (obsolete) Privacy; retirement.
- (obsolete) One not invested with a public office.
- (usually in the plural) A private lesson.
Synonyms
- (genitals): bits, private parts
Translations
Derived terms
References
- private at OneLook Dictionary Search
- private in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "private" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 242.
- private in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Esperanto
Etymology
From privata (“private”) +? -e (adverbial ending).
Adverb
private
- privately
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?t?
Adjective
private
- inflection of privat:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
private
- feminine plural of privato
Verb
private
- feminine plural past participle of privare
- second-person plural indicative present of privare
- second-person plural imperative of privare
Anagrams
- prative
Latin
Verb
pr?v?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of pr?v?
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
private
- definite singular of privat
- plural of privat
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
private
- definite singular of privat
- plural of privat
Swedish
Adjective
private
- absolute definite natural masculine form of privat.
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crafty
English
Etymology
From Middle English crafti, crefti, from Old English cræfti? (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *kraftagaz, *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?æfti/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k???fti/
Adjective
crafty (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest)
- Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
- Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
- Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft
- Synonyms: cunning, wily
- For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.
- Sneaky; surreptitious.
- I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.
Synonyms
- (skillful): See also Thesaurus:skilled
- (cunning, wily): See also Thesaurus:wily
Translations
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