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(adj)
With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
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Not open to the public; not available to or shared by the public; private.
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
(n)
(countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
Hidden, isolated, remote.
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
Of a location-isolated, off the beaten track.
Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
Exclusive and cliquey.
Characteristic of a snob.
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Involving direct communication or competition between two people.
Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group.
Socially exclusive.
Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.
(US, military slang) A private soldier keen ("bucking") for promotion; an ambitious private.
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.
not open to the public
an enlisted man of the lowest rank
Closeted, secret (especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet).
(obsolete) A trusted friend; a confidant.
(uncountable) The property of being confidential.
(uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
Having an inclination to secrecy.
Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
Specific; discrete; concrete.
(not comparable) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.
(by extension) Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
Unlawful.
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
Having been tricked or deceived.
Explicit or definite.
Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
(adv)
For a special purpose, person, or occasion.
(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
(focus) Especially, extremely.
Subject to deprivation; poor.
Closely acquainted; familiar.
One who investigates.
Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
Not belonging to, associated with or operated by a particular government.
Highly skilled in, or specifically adapted to, a specific field.
Not governmental; not derived from a government; civilian.
Prohibited from being traded.
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
Not officially established.
(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
Employed in detecting.
Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.
Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
(with a superlative adjective) Beyond all others.
On which duty must be paid when imported or sold.
Of or pertaining to the private sector.
Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
Of or relating to a corporation.
The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
Alternative spelling of ad hoc. [For a particular purpose.]
Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
Misspelling of soldier. [A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.]
Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
(military) A soldier.
Abbreviation of private (“soldier”). [A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.]
(law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
Of or pertaining to commerce.
Having undergone stripping; laid bare.
(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
(Internet slang) Clipping of private. [Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.]
(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
Initialism of Fellowship of Reconciliation, any of a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries.
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
(N)
the second studio album by the Australian power pop group, Sunnyboys.
(v)
(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
(UK, Canada) Initialism of House of Commons. [(UK politics) The lower house of the British Parliament.]
(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
Unofficial.