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semiprivate

semiprivate adjective: more private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.

Adjective

semiprivate (not comparable)

  1. More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
    • Since there were few semiprivate sociopetal spaces or other facilities that could promote the formation of a social order, the informal social networks found in lower class neighborhoods didn’t develop.1978, Paul A[llan] Bell, Jeffrey D[avid] Fisher, Ross J[ohn] Loomis, “Environmental Solutions to Urban Problems”, in Environmental Psychology, Philadelphia, Pa.; London; Toronto, Ont.: W[alter]...
    • We lived on one of only six blocks in the entire neighborhood in Williamsburg that had semiprivate houses.2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 37

Origin of semiprivate

From semi- + private.

Questions about semiprivate

What does semiprivate mean?
Semiprivate means more private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
What part of speech is semiprivate?
Semiprivate is an adjective.

Words near semiprivate in the dictionary

  1. semiprime
  2. semiprimes
  3. semiprimitive
  4. semiprimitivity
  5. semiprivacy
  6. semiprivate
  7. semiprivatized
  8. semipro
  9. semiprocessed
  10. semiproductive
  11. semiproductively

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