English Dictionary

private

/ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt/

noun

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army. / A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care. / (euphemistic, in the plural) The genitals.

The private was assigned to guard duty.

意味（1）

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.

意味（2）

A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.

In the cities and towns of California, privates are pressuring county governments to close or reduce in size their hospitals and to pay private hospitals for the care of low-income patients. Thus everything is stacked against public hospitals.

意味（3）

(euphemistic, in the plural) The genitals.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.

The Count Meloone, a Noble Lord of France,

Whose priuate with me of the Dolphines loue,

The Count Meloone, a Noble Lord of France, Whose priuate with me of the Dolphines loue, s much more generall, then these lines import.

意味（5）

(obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.

Nor must I be unmindful of my private.

意味（6）

(obsolete) Privacy; retirement.

Go off, I diſcard you: let me enioy my priuate: go off.

意味（7）

(obsolete) One not invested with a public office.

And what haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too,[…]

意味（8）

(usually in the plural) A private lesson.

If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates.