confidential

  • 11confidential — con|fi|den|tial [ˌkɔnfıˈdenʃəl US ˌka:n ] adj 1.) spoken or written in secret and intended to be kept secret ▪ a confidential government report ▪ Doctors are required to keep patients records completely confidential . ▪ The information will be… …

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  • 12confidential — [[t]kɒ̱nfɪde̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private. She accused them of leaking confidential information about her private life... We ll take good care and keep what you ve told us… …

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  • 13confidential — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ remain ▪ consider sth as, hold sth (AmE), keep sth, treat sth as ▪ The affair must be kept confidential …

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  • 14confidential — confidentiality, confidentialness, n. confidentially, adv. /kon fi den sheuhl/, adj. 1. spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark. 2. indicating confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters …

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  • 15confidential — con|fi|den|tial [ ,kanfı denʃl ] adjective * 1. ) confidential documents or information must be kept secret: strictly/highly confidential: The reports are treated as strictly confidential. 2. ) showing that what you are going to say must be kept… …

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  • 16confidential */ — UK [ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃ(ə)l] / US [ˌkɑnfɪˈdenʃ(ə)l] adjective 1) confidential documents or information must be kept secret strictly/highly confidential: The reports are treated as strictly confidential. 2) showing that what you are going to say must be… …

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  • 17confidential — adjective Date: 1759 1. marked by intimacy or willingness to confide < a confidential tone > 2. private, secret < confidential information > 3. entrusted with confidences < a confidential clerk > …

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  • 18confidential — /kɒnfəˈdɛnʃəl / (say konfuh denshuhl) adjective 1. spoken or written in confidence; secret: a confidential document. 2. betokening confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters: a confidential tone. 3. enjoying another s confidence; entrusted …

  • 19confidential — adj. strictly confidential * * * [ˌkɒnfɪ denʃ(ə)l] strictly confidential …

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  • 20confidential — adjective 1) a confidential chat Syn: private, personal, intimate, quiet; secret, sensitive, classified, restricted, unofficial, unrevealed, undisclosed, unpublished; informal hush hush, mum; formal sub rosa; archaic privy 2) a confidential fri …

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