privacy
/ˈprɪvəsi/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈprɪvəsi/
privacy
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- Final y vowel sound
pri - va - cy -> privacy
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကိုယ်ရေးကိုယ်တာ လျှို့ဝှက်ထား၍ ရခြင်း။ မိမိ အတွင်းရေးကိစ္စကို အများမသိအောင် ထားနိုင်ခြင်း။
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privacy /'prÇvǝsi; US 'praÇv-/ n [U]
၁။ သီးသန့်တည်ရှိမှု။ A high wall round the estate protected their privacy. ❍ He preferred to read in the privacy of his study.
၂။ အနှောင့်အယှက်မှ အေးငြိမ်းမှု။ Newspapers often fail to respect the individual's right to privacy. ❍ She complained that the questions were an invasion of (her) privacy.
More examples
- Staff are entitled to a certain amount of privacy when making personal phone calls.
- Personal privacy
- [right to privacy] : The prisoners’ right to privacy is not always respected.
- [invade someone’s privacy] : They don’t want their privacy invaded by reporters.
- [in the privacy of your (own) home] : What they do in the privacy of their own home is no concern of yours.
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