Dictionary entry

Privacy

Pronunciation: /ˈprɪvəsi/

Pronunciation

/ˈprɪvəsi/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ကိုယ်ရေးကိုယ်တာ လျှို့ဝှက်ထား၍ ရခြင်း။ မိမိ အတွင်းရေးကိစ္စကို အများမသိအောင် ထားနိုင်ခြင်း။

Definition

privacy /'prÇvǝsi; US 'praÇv-/ n [U] ၁။ သီးသန္႔တည္ရိွမႈ။ A high wall round the estate protected their privacy. ❍ He preferred to read in the privacy of his study. ၂။ အေႏွာင့္အယွက္မွ ေအးၿငိမ္းမႈ။ Newspapers often fail to respect the individual's right to privacy. ❍ She complained that the questions were an invasion of (her) privacy.

Examples

  1. Staff are entitled to a certain amount of privacy when making personal phone calls.
  2. Personal privacy
  3. [right to privacy] : The prisoners’ right to privacy is not always respected.
  4. [invade someone’s privacy] : They don’t want their privacy invaded by reporters.
  5. [in the privacy of your (own) home] : What they do in the privacy of their own home is no concern of yours.