semiprivate
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- adjective
- /ˌsɛmiˈpraɪvɪt/
- She sat with him in the cramped space of her semiprivate room, looking toward the wall.
Examples
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Students in another study experienced discomfort sharing their personal beliefs, even within a semiprivate learning environment (Zdravkova, Ivanovic, & Putnik, 2013).
Academic text (2015) -
The rooms are semiprivate, so you will have roommates.
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In contrast, semiprivate online spaces may only be accessed by a defined membership.
Academic text (2015) -
With the subduing of public political activity, there arose a need for semiprivate venues where people could congregate to exchange ideas.
Academic text (2014) -
The development of semiprivate, residential golf-course communities in the United States began in earnest during the 1950s and has steadily grown since then.
Academic text (2008) -
The room was divided by a panel of curtains, and Cee Cee wondered why, with all the money she was paying, Nathan only had a semiprivate room instead of a private one.
Fiction book (1991) -
The hospital's recovery area features semiprivate rooms that allow patients to share space while maintaining some level of privacy.
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Each patient in the semiprivate room has a curtain that they can draw for additional privacy from their roommate.
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During the tour, the administrator explained that the facility offers both semiprivate and private accommodations for new residents.
Antonyms
How Private
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Semiprivate is made of semi- meaning 'half' or 'partly' and private meaning 'not shared'. So a semiprivate room is partly private and partly shared, giving some privacy while still being used by more than one person, as in hospitals.