'In private' definitions:
Definition of 'in private'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private" [syn: privately, in private, in camera] [ant: in public, publically, publicly]
Definition of 'In private'
From: GCIDE
- Private \Pri"vate\ (pr[imac]"v[asl]t), n.
- 1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Nor must I be unmindful of my private. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] "Go off; I discard you; let me enjoy my private." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- What have kings, that privates have not too? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 6. pl. The private parts; the genitals. [1913 Webster]
- In private, secretly; not openly or publicly. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'In private'
- Private,
- Privateer,
- Privateered,
- Privateering,
- Privately,
- Privateness,
- Privation,
- Privative,
- Privatively,
- Privativeness,
- privates,
- privatization,
- privatize,
- Private act,
- Private nuisance,
- Private soldier,
- Private statute,
- Private way,
- Privateer, SC,
- alpha privative,
- buck private,
- private citizen,
- private corporation,
- private corporations,
- private detective,
- private enterprise,
- private eye,
- private foundation,
- private instructor,
- private investigator,
- private law,
- private line,
- private parts,
- private practice,
- private property,
- private road,
- private school,
- private treaty,
- privative term,
- Private international law,
- private security force,
- private-enterprise,
- privately held corporation