Meaning of private | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of private
2. Alternative letter-case form of private.
   alt-of
3. A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
4. A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.
5. To take a publicly owned company into private ownership, as by a leveraged buyout.
6. The genitals.
   euphemistic, in-plural
7. Not in public; secretly or confidentially.
8. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
   obsolete
9. in private, not publicly; secretly.
10. Personal interest; particular business.
    obsolete
11. in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer. manskap جُنْدي عادي редник soldado raso prostý gewöhnlicher Soldat menig απλός στρατιώτης soldado raso reamees سرباز وظیفه sotamies soldatטוראי सामान्य सैनिक közkatona prajurit óbreyttur soldato semplice 兵 병졸의 eilinis ierindnieks prebet soldaat zonder rang menigszeregowiec د وظيفى سرتيرى soldado raso (simplu) soldat рядовой vojak (navaden) vojak redov menig พลทหาร er 士兵 рядовий عام فوجي binh nhì 士兵
12. Privacy; retirement.
    obsolete
13. the state of being away from other people's sight or interest. in the privacy of your own home. privaatheid خُصوصِيَّه уединение privacidade soukromí die Zurückgezogenheit uforstyrrethed ιδιωτικό περιβάλλον, ησυχία, άσυλοintimidad, privacidad privaatsus خلوت yksityisyys intimitéפרטיות एकान्त स्थान, एकान्तता magánélet keleluasaan pribadi næði; einkalíf intimità プライバシー 사생활 vienuma, atskiruma vientulība; noslēgtība bersendirian tanpa gangguan privacyprivatliv, fred og roodosobnienie, zacisze خلو...
14. One not invested with a public office.
    obsolete
15. privaat بِصورَةٍ خُصوصِيَّه частно particularmente soukromě privat privat; personligt ιδιωτικά privadamente, en privado privaatselt بطور خصوصی yksityisesti en privé בְּאוֹפֶן פְּרָטִי व्यक्तिगत रूप से titkosan; személyesen secara pribadi undir fjögur augu; leynilega privatamente 個人として 사적으로 privačiai, asmeniškai privāti; personiski secara peribadi privéprivat prywatnie په ځانګړى توګه particularmente în particular; între patru ochi частный образом súkromne zasebno privatno privat, personligt อย...
16. A private lesson.
    plural-normally
17. the management and financing of industry etc by individual persons or companies and not by the state. privaat onderneming أعمال حُرَّه частно предприятие iniciativa privada soukromé podnikání freie Wirtschaft privat virksomhed ιδιωτική πρωτοβουλία empresa privada eraettevõte, eraettevõtlus اقتصاد آزاد yksityisyritys entreprise privée יָזמָה פְּרָטִית निजी उद्यम व्यवस्था magánvállalkozás perusahaan swasta frjálst framtak, einkaframtak iniziativa privata 民間企業 민간기업 privatus verslas privātuzņēmum...
    etc
18. money that does not come from one's work but from investment, inheritance etc. privaatgeld أموال خاصَّه وِراثِيَّه частни средства meios pessoais soukromé příjmy das Privatvermögen privatindtægt; privatformue προσωπική περιουσία renta de fuente particular omanditulud پولی که بطور مرتب دریافت می شود اما شخص در قبال آن کاری انجام نمی دهد muut kuin ansiotulot fortune personnelle הַכנָסָה פְּרָטִית काम के बजाय निवेश इत्यादि से प्राप्त आय vagyon uang sendiri einkaeignir rendita 不労所得 불로 소득 asmeninė...
    etc
19. with no-one else listening or watching; not in public. May I speak to you in private? privaat سِرّاً، بَعيدا عن الأنْظار насаме em particular mezi čtyřma očima unter vier Augen privat; under fire øjne ιδιαιτέρως, κατ' ιδίαν en privado nelja silma all بطور خصوصی yksityisesti en privéביחידות अकेले में bizalmasan secara pribadi undir fjögur augu in privato こっそり 비공개적으로 privačiai, prie keturių akių konfidenciāli; slepeni berdua sahaja onder vier ogenunder fire øyne, på tomannshånd na osobności په ...
20. privado-a, particular, exclusivo-a;___ hospital → clínica;

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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, […]”

“The Count Meloone, a Noble Lord of France, Whose priuate with me of the Dolphines loue, s much more generall, then these lines import.”

“Nor must I be unmindful of my private.”

“Go off, I diſcard you: let me enioy my priuate: go off.”

“And what haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too,[…]”

“If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates.”

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