private

1. private (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.

Example: In some countries, healthcare is provided by both the government and private companies.

Concept: Замкнутость

Polarities of the concept

2. private (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Relating to an individual or group of individuals outside of their official roles; often, sensitive or personal.

Example: This book is her private journal.

3. private (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Not publicly known or divulged; secret, confidential; (of a message) intended only for a specific person or group.

Example: The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private.

4. private (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.

5. private (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.

Example: 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.

6. private (noun) — sense 6

Definition: The genitals.

7. private (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).

Example: During these negotiations, however, the Kleins say that Hosseinzadeh issued a copyright takedown for the video — even after it had already been privated.