Meaning of privacy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
   uncountable
2. Quality or condition of intimate.
3. Set of fields, things and intimate attitudes, that preserve of the public scrutiny.
4. Freedom from unwanted or undue disturbance of one's private life.
   uncountable
5. in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer. manskap جُنْدي عادي редник soldado raso prostý gewöhnlicher Soldat menig απλός στρατιώτης soldado raso reamees سرباز وظیفه sotamies soldatטוראי सामान्य सैनिक közkatona prajurit óbreyttur soldato semplice 兵 병졸의 eilinis ierindnieks prebet soldaat zonder rang menigszeregowiec د وظيفى سرتيرى soldado raso (simplu) soldat рядовой vojak (navaden) vojak redov menig พลทหาร er 士兵 рядовий عام فوجي binh nhì 士兵
6. Friendship and confidence very narrow.
7. Freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, surveillance, and disclosure of personal information, usually by a government or a private organization.
   uncountable
8. the state of being away from other people's sight or interest. in the privacy of your own home. privaatheid خُصوصِيَّه уединение privacidade soukromí die Zurückgezogenheit uforstyrrethed ιδιωτικό περιβάλλον, ησυχία, άσυλοintimidad, privacidad privaatsus خلوت yksityisyys intimitéפרטיות एकान्त स्थान, एकान्तता magánélet keleluasaan pribadi næði; einkalíf intimità プライバシー 사생활 vienuma, atskiruma vientulība; noslēgtība bersendirian tanpa gangguan privacyprivatliv, fred og roodosobnienie, zacisze خلو...
9. A place of seclusion.
   countable, obsolete
10. privaat بِصورَةٍ خُصوصِيَّه частно particularmente soukromě privat privat; personligt ιδιωτικά privadamente, en privado privaatselt بطور خصوصی yksityisesti en privé בְּאוֹפֶן פְּרָטִי व्यक्तिगत रूप से titkosan; személyesen secara pribadi undir fjögur augu; leynilega privatamente 個人として 사적으로 privačiai, asmeniškai privāti; personiski secara peribadi privéprivat prywatnie په ځانګړى توګه particularmente în particular; între patru ochi частный образом súkromne zasebno privatno privat, personligt อย...
11. A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
12. the management and financing of industry etc by individual persons or companies and not by the state. privaat onderneming أعمال حُرَّه частно предприятие iniciativa privada soukromé podnikání freie Wirtschaft privat virksomhed ιδιωτική πρωτοβουλία empresa privada eraettevõte, eraettevõtlus اقتصاد آزاد yksityisyritys entreprise privée יָזמָה פְּרָטִית निजी उद्यम व्यवस्था magánvállalkozás perusahaan swasta frjálst framtak, einkaframtak iniziativa privata 民間企業 민간기업 privatus verslas privātuzņēmum...
    etc
13. Secrecy.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
14. money that does not come from one's work but from investment, inheritance etc. privaatgeld أموال خاصَّه وِراثِيَّه частни средства meios pessoais soukromé příjmy das Privatvermögen privatindtægt; privatformue προσωπική περιουσία renta de fuente particular omanditulud پولی که بطور مرتب دریافت می شود اما شخص در قبال آن کاری انجام نمی دهد muut kuin ansiotulot fortune personnelle הַכנָסָה פְּרָטִית काम के बजाय निवेश इत्यादि से प्राप्त आय vagyon uang sendiri einkaeignir rendita 不労所得 불로 소득 asmeninė...
    etc
15. A private matter.
    countable, obsolete
16. with no-one else listening or watching; not in public. May I speak to you in private? privaat سِرّاً، بَعيدا عن الأنْظار насаме em particular mezi čtyřma očima unter vier Augen privat; under fire øjne ιδιαιτέρως, κατ' ιδίαν en privado nelja silma all بطور خصوصی yksityisesti en privéביחידות अकेले में bizalmasan secara pribadi undir fjögur augu in privato こっそり 비공개적으로 privačiai, prie keturių akių konfidenciāli; slepeni berdua sahaja onder vier ogenunder fire øyne, på tomannshånd na osobności په ...
17. vida privada; aislamiento, reclusión.
18. The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others: I need some privacy to change into my bathing suit.
19. The state of being free from public attention or unsanctioned intrusion: a person's right to privacy.
20. the condition of being private or withdrawn; seclusion

Equivalents

Examples

“I need my privacy, so please stay out of my room.”

“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.”

“It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.”

“It takes a village to rob one of a sense of privacy.”

“Privacy is assumed by many to be among common-law rights.”

“It ſeems more probable that Ovid vvas either the Confident of ſome other paſſion, or that he had ſtumbled by ſome inadvertency, upon the privacies of Livia, and ſeen her in a Bath: […]”

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