private
89
5.6
- adjective
- /ˈpraɪvɪt/
- Specialized
:
privado
- I know she doesn't look it, but she's a private investigator that's been hired by your wife to prove you're cheating on the road.
- public and private
- private network
- virtual private network
Examples
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Unauthorized access to someone's private computer files is considered grand theft in Massachusetts.
Fiction book (1991) -
Set means setting this is private, but reading it is not.
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You think I'm stupid enough to meet you in a private location?
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As you can see, private browsing makes your user experience less...
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He's on a private call.
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You might also store your evidence on a private platform such as Dropbox.
Academic text (2015) -
With Node VPN, you can set up a VPN channel yourself for your private purposes.
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When designing software, it's important to declare certain variables as private to avoid unintended access from other classes.
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The class includes a private method that is only used within its own definition.
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Using private fields in programming helps encapsulate data and protect it from external manipulation.
Synonyms
98
5.3
Only for use inside the same part of a program, not by outside code
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
120
1.9
A place where children learn that is not run by the government and costs money
68
2.8
Things you can move, like cars or jewelry, that belong to one person, not land
64
3.7
A person hired to find facts about crimes or private matters who is not a police officer
33
3.9
Work of a doctor or lawyer who has their own office and does not work for an organization
- Specialized
8
3.7
A company owned by a small group whose shares are not sold to the public
- Specialized
4
4.8
A charity that gets most of its money from one person or company
3
3.3
A road owned by a person or company that leads to a house and is not for public use
1
3.9
A group of guards a company or person hires to protect people and property
1
3.7
A person who teaches one student or a small group outside school, often at home
1
6.1
Relating to businesses owned and run by people or companies to make profit, not the state
- Specialized
A sale of property agreed directly between buyer and seller without an auction
How Accessible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Private goes back to the Latin privare 'to set apart', and a helpful image is a 'private room' — in programming a private part is set apart so only the same part of the program can use it.