Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shared with usually one to three other hospital patients.
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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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective confined to a small number of hospital patients
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Examples
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But this is a whole different ball game now, so he seems to be enjoying those last kind of semiprivate moments with his family while he kind of looks forward to what will be an administration certainly under the glare.
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He was charged $11,590 per night for his ICU room; $7,407 per night for a semiprivate room before he was moved to the ICU; $145,432 for drugs; $41,696 for respiratory services.
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It was some sort of semiprivate inside joke they shared, a running satire on the macho school jocks who always greeted one another in a similar fashion.
Famous Todd Strasser 2011
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It was some sort of semiprivate inside joke they shared, a running satire on the macho school jocks who always greeted one another in a similar fashion.
Famous Todd Strasser 2011
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On the floor, Harry is in the second bed in a semiprivate room.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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Announced a couple of weeks ago, the Groups feature allows Facebook users to carry on semiprivate conversations with (as Facebook advertises them) "small groups of friends."
Larry Magid: Facebook Groups Can Jeopardize Privacy Larry Magid 2010
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Announced a couple of weeks ago, the Groups feature allows Facebook users to carry on semiprivate conversations with (as Facebook advertises them) "small groups of friends."
Larry Magid: Facebook Groups Can Jeopardize Privacy Larry Magid 2010
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He was charged $11,590 per night for his ICU room; $7,407 per night for a semiprivate room before he was moved to the ICU; $145,432 for drugs; $41,696 for respiratory services.
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Announced a couple of weeks ago, the Groups feature allows Facebook users to carry on semiprivate conversations with (as Facebook advertises them) "small groups of friends."
Larry Magid: Facebook Groups Can Jeopardize Privacy Larry Magid 2010
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On the floor, Harry is in the second bed in a semiprivate room.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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