Definition Essay - The Word 'Private'
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Definition Essay - The Word 'Private'
Private is a word with a multitude of meanings, some known and others not so known. When searched for in a dictionary, it can be found that the definitions don't vary much between the three dictionaries, although the dictionary from 1913 had a few dissimilar terms. The word private was looked up in Webster Dictionary from 1913, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, and the Oxford English Dictionary: Second Edition. Many people think of private as meaning something in solitude, or secretive. Reading these dictionary entries revealed the labyrinthine meaning of the word private.
Some of the definitions seem very similar to the way private is used in every day life, however others seem hidden as though they were private definitions themselves. Most freshmen at Michigan State University and students at Waterford Mott High School don't use that word commonly in every day conversation but when we do use it, the context in which it is used usually gives the implied meaning of being secretive or sheltered fro...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the word private has a multitude of meanings, some known and others not so known.
- Explains that some of the definitions seem very similar to the way private is used in every day life, but others seem hidden as though they were private definition.
- Analyzes the different definitions of the word private in the oxford english dictionary.
- Explains that one can learn about the word private after doing a presentation on freedom of expression; something like that is absorbed and remains in the instrcutor's memory for some time.
- Explains that the oxford english dictionary is the most complex in its entry on the word private, taking up five pages alone. the webster dictionary from 1913 includes a couple out-dated definitions.
- Explains that the complex meaning of the word private was exposed after reading those three dictionaries. having something in life that is private from everyone else makes people feel safer and more secure.
- Cites artfl project: webster dictionary, 1913:. comp. mark olsen. the american heritage® dictionary of the english language: fourth edition.
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- Explains the meaning of the word private and the significance and variations of its usage over the past decades.
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- Explains that the dictionaries of the latter half have more sets of sub meanings for the word and are also less descriptive than the one in the earlier times.
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