private

«private» in Mova's school dictionary: belonging to or for one person or group only, not for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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.