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# private

«private» in Mova's school dictionary: **belonging to or for one person or group only, not for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (private); noun (a private — a soldier)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Private means belonging to or for one person or group only, not for everyone: a private room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#m1)

2) Private means secret or personal, not to be shared with others: private information. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#m2)

3) Private means not run by the government: a private school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#m3)

4) A private is a soldier of the lowest rank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and online lessons, private information (your full name, address, school, passwords, photos) should not be shared with strangers; private parts of the body are those covered by underwear, and no one should touch them or ask to see them except for health reasons with a parent there. «Private property» means do not enter. Phrases: «in private» (with nobody else there), «keep it private», «privacy».

### examples

- Keep your password private. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x1)
- This is a private beach — no entry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x2)
- My diary is private. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x3)
- Can we talk in private? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x4)
- Never share private photos online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x5)
- Your private parts belong to you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x6)
- She goes to a private school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x7)
- Set your account to private. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x8)
- The next day the steward asked to speak to me in private. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/#x9)

### note

The noun is «privacy». Opposite: public. «In private» is opposite of «in public». Private is not always the same as secret: a secret that makes you feel unsafe should be told to a trusted adult. Do not confuse «private» with «pirate».

### In the corpora

- [Stories about annoying colleagues told at home are private and should not be repeated outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/8/)
- [Debt advice charities give free, private help to make a plan for paying debts back at a pace the family can manage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/21/)
- [A crush means really liking someone and thinking about them a lot; it is a private feeling and often passes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/14/)
- [Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/17/)
- [Grown-ups keep friends' secrets too, so whispering on the phone is often about someone else's private problem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «private» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/private/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.