semiprivate
adjEtymology From semi- + private.
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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] B[urns] Saunders Company, →ISBN, chapter 8 (The City), page 304:
- 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:
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- Part of a growing market known as semiprivate aviation, the carrier offers scheduled book-by-the-seat flights on board charter aircraft.2025 October 17, Hannah Towey, “Why Semi-Private Flying Is Taking Off”, in Condé Nast Traveler: