private
part of speech
adjective (private); noun (a private — a soldier)
meaning for a pupil
1) Private means belonging to or for one person or group only, not for everyone: a private room. tree →
2) Private means secret or personal, not to be shared with others: private information. tree →
3) Private means not run by the government: a private school. tree →
4) A private is a soldier of the lowest rank. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah "private parts" means the sexual organs of the body. Interpretation: The letter Lamed is linked with the sexual organs, and with Libra and the month of Tishri. In the primary lessons: In safety and online lessons, private information (your full name, address, school, passwords, photos) should not be shared with strangers; private parts of the body are those covered by underwear, and no one should touch them or ask to see them except for health reasons with a parent there. «Private property» means do not enter. Phrases: «in private» (with nobody else there), «keep it private», «privacy».
examples
- Private Hermetic MSS. have alone the correct names and spelling. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- He produced Lamed, predominant in Sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it Libra in the Universe, Tishri in the Year, and the private parts of Man. (Kalisch gives "gall.") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- He produced Lamed, predominant in Sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it Libra in the Universe, Tishri in the Year, and the private parts of Man. (Kalisch gives *' gall.") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Keep your password private. tree →
- This is a private beach — no entry. tree →
- My diary is private. tree →
- Can we talk in private? tree →
- Never share private photos online. tree →
- Your private parts belong to you. tree →
- She goes to a private school. tree →
- Set your account to private. tree →
- The next day the steward asked to speak to me in private. tree →
note
The noun is «privacy». Opposite: public. «In private» is opposite of «in public». Private is not always the same as secret: a secret that makes you feel unsafe should be told to a trusted adult. Do not confuse «private» with «pirate».
In the corpora
- Stories about annoying colleagues told at home are private and should not be repeated outside.
- Debt advice charities give free, private help to make a plan for paying debts back at a pace the family can manage.
- A crush means really liking someone and thinking about them a lot; it is a private feeling and often passes.
- Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.
- Grown-ups keep friends' secrets too, so whispering on the phone is often about someone else's private problem.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «private» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.