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con·fi·den·tial
(kŏn′fĭ-dĕn′shəl)adj.
1. Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
2. Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary.
3. Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice.
4. Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security.
con′fi·den′ti·al′i·ty (-shē-ăl′ĭ-tē), con′fi·den′tial·ness n.
con′fi·den′tial·ly adv.
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confidential
(ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl)adj
1. spoken, written, or given in confidence; secret; private
2. entrusted with another's confidence or secret affairs: a confidential secretary.
3. suggestive of or denoting intimacy: a confidential approach.
ˌconfiˌdentiˈality, ˌconfiˈdentialness n
ˌconfiˈdentially adv
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con•fi•den•tial
(ˌkɒn fɪˈdɛn ʃəl)adj.
1. spoken, written, or acted on in strict confidence; secret; private.
2. indicating confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters: a confidential tone of voice.
3. entrusted with secrets or private affairs: a confidential secretary.
4. designating the category of security classification below secret, or a document so designated.
[1645–55]
con`fi•den`ti•al′i•ty, con`fi•den′tial•ness, n.
con`fi•den′tial•ly, adv.
syn: See familiar.
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Adj. | 1. | confidential - entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary" private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" |
| 2. | confidential - (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" | |
| 3. | confidential - denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice" close - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance" | |
| 4. | confidential - the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified classified - official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified" |
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confidential
adjective
1. secret, private, intimate, classified, privy, off the record, hush-hush (informal) She accused them of leaking confidential information.
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confidential
adjective3. Of or being information available only to authorized persons:
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Translations
سِرّي، خُصوصيسِرّيّمَوْثوق، مُؤتَمن
důvěrnýdůvěryhodnýtajný
fortroligbetroet
luottamuksellinen
povjerljiv
bizalmastitkos
leynilegur; trúnaîar-trúnaîar-
内密の
기밀의
zaupen
konfidentiell
เป็นความลับ
bí mật
confidential
[ˌkɒnfɪˈdenʃəl] ADJ [information, remark] → confidencial, secreto; [secretary, tone of voice] → de confianza"confidential" (on letter etc) → "confidencial"
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
confidential
[ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl] adj [information, report, document] → confidentiel(le)
[secretary] → particulier/ière
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
confidential
adj
information, whisper → vertraulich; to treat something as confidential → etw vertraulich behandeln; to keep something confidential → etw für sich behalten
(= enjoying sb’s confidence) confidential secretary → Privatsekretär(in) m(f); confidential agent → Sonderbeauftragte(r) mf → mit geheimer Mission
(= inclined to confide) → vertrauensselig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
confidential
[ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃ/əl] adj (letter, report, remark) → confidenziale, riservato/a; (secretary) → particolareCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
confide
(kənˈfaid) verb to tell one's private thoughts to someone. He confided in his brother; He confided his fears to his brother.
confidence (ˈkonfidəns) noun1. trust or belief in someone's ability. I have great confidence in you.
2. belief and faith in one's own ability. She shows a great deal of confidence for her age.
confident (ˈkonfidənt) adjective having a great deal of trust (especially in oneself). She is confident that she will win; a confident boy.
confidential (konfiˈdenʃəl) adjective1. secret; not to be told to others. confidential information.
2. trusted to keep secrets. a confidential secretary.
confidentiality (ˈkonfidenʃiˈӕləti) nounˌconfiˈdentially adverb
secretly; not wishing to have the information passed on to anyone else. She could not tell me what he said – he was speaking confidentially.
conˈfiding adjective trustful.
conˈfidingly adverbin confidence
as a secret; confidentially. He told me the story in (strictest) confidence.
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confidential
→ سِرّيّ důvěrný fortrolig vertraulich εμπιστευτικός confidencial luottamuksellinen confidentiel povjerljiv riservato 内密の 기밀의 vertrouwelijk fortrolig poufny confidencial конфиденциальный konfidentiell เป็นความลับ gizli bí mật 机密的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
confidential
a. confidencial; en secreto.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
confidential
adj confidencial; What you tell me is strictly confidential..Lo que Ud. me dice es estrictamente confidencial.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.