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Learn to pronounce pri·vate

/ˈprīvət/
adjective
  1. belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.
    "all bedrooms have private facilities"
    synonyms: personal, one's own, individual, particular, special, exclusive, privately owned
  2. (of a person) having no official or public role or position.
    "the paintings were sold to a private collector"
  3. (of a service or industry) provided or owned by an individual or an independent, commercial company rather than by the government.
    "research projects carried out by private industry"
    synonyms: independent, non-state-controlled, non-state-run, privatized, denationalized, nonpublic, commercial, private-enterprise

noun
  1. a soldier of the lowest rank, in particular an enlisted person in the US Army or Marine Corps ranking below private first class.
    synonyms: private soldier, common soldier, infantryman, foot soldier, trooper, sapper, ranker, GI, enlisted man, poilu, jawan, Tommy, squaddie, Tommy Atkins, grunt, buck private, digger, troopie, swad, swaddy
  2. short for private parts.

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