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private BrE / ˈpraɪvət /  NAmE / ˈpraɪvət / Native audio playback is not supported. private(noun)BrE / ˈpraɪvət /  NAmE / ˈpraɪvət / a soldier of the lowest rank in the armySee related entries: The armyhttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/the_army/private_4Private (John) Smith= private partshttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/private-partswith nobody else presentcompare in publichttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/public_2Is there somewhere we can discuss this in private?Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.

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(noun) private (john) smithis there somewhere we can discuss this in private? Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=private This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word	private
WordType	(noun)
Phonetic	BrE / ˈpraɪvət / NAmE / ˈpraɪvət /
Example	private (john) smith is there somewhere we can discuss this in private?
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=private
Content	private (noun)BrE / ˈpraɪvət / NAmE / ˈpraɪvət / a soldier of the lowest rank in the army See related entries: The army https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/the_army/private_4 Private (John) Smith = private parts https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/private-parts with nobody else present compare in public https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/public_2 Is there somewhere we can discuss this in private? Word Origin late Middle English (originally denoting a person not acting in an official capacity): from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.
Copyright	This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Private ˈpraɪvət Noun Bre John Smith Discuss Native

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