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private

 
/ˈprɑɪ·vɪt/ adj (PERSONAL)

Definition

for the use of or belonging to one particular person or group only, or not shared or available to other people: The sign on the gate said "Private Property – Keep Out." Let’s go somewhere private so we can talk freely. in private If you do something in private, you do it without other people present: I asked if I could talk to her in private.
(Definition of private adj (PERSONAL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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