PRIVATE DETECTIVE

Meaning of PRIVATE DETECTIVE in English

detective who works for and is paid by a private client

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

PRIVATE DETECTIVE — noun Date: 1861 private investigator
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — noun or private investigator : a person concerned with the maintenance of lawful conduct or the investigation of crime or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — a detective who is not a member of an official force but is employed by private parties. Also called private …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — Date: 1861 : private investigator
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — Function: noun Date: 1861 : PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — ■ noun a freelance detective carrying out investigations for private clients.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — [private detective] n (1868): private investigator
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — (also ˌprivate inˈvestigator ) (also informal ˌprivate ˈeye ) noun a detective who is not in the police, but who …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — ˌprivate deˈtective BrE AmE noun [countable] someone who can be employed to look for information or missing people, or to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — ( private detectives) A private detective is someone who you can pay to find missing people or do other kinds …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — (~s) A ~ is someone who you can pay to find missing people or do other kinds of investigation for …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Edward is a private detective hired by an antiques dealer who asked Edward to list …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — Function: noun a person concerned with the maintenance of lawful conduct or the investigation of crime either as a regular …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — noun a person concerned with the maintenance of lawful conduct or the investigation of crime either as a regular employee …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIVATE DETECTIVE — частный детектив
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
DETECTIVE — [A] n detective
Interlingua English vocab
PRIVATE — I. ˈprīvə̇t, usu -ə̇d+V adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English privat, from Latin privatus apart from the state, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DETECTIVE — I. də̇ˈtektiv, dēˈ-, -ktēv, also -ktəv adjective Etymology: detect + -ive : fitted for, employed for, or concerned with detection …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIVATE — (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's …
Английский словарь Webster
DETECTIVE — (a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Английский словарь Webster
DETECTIVE — ( a. ) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVATE — — privately , adv. — privateness , n. /pruy"vit/ , adj. 1. belonging to some particular person: private property. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DETECTIVE — /di tek"tiv/ , n. 1. a member of the police force or a private investigator whose function is to obtain …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVATE — I. ˈprī-vət adjective Etymology: Middle English privat, from Anglo-French, from Latin privatus, from past participle of privare to deprive, release, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DETECTIVE — I. di-ˈtek-tiv adjective Date: 1732 1. : fitted for or used in detecting something had perfected his detective sensibilities 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIVATE — noun privacy; retirement. 2. private ·noun the private parts; the genitals. 3. private ·noun one not invested with a public …
Webster English vocab
DETECTIVE — noun one who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy. 2. detective ·adj fitted for, or …
Webster English vocab
PRIVATE — [pri.vate] adj [ME privat, fr. L privatus, fr. pp. of privare to deprive, release, fr. privus private, individual; prob. akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DETECTIVE — [de.tec.tive] adj (1843) 1: fitted for or used in detecting something "had perfected his ~ sensibilities" 2: of or relating …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIVATE — private BrE AmE ˈpraɪv ət -ɪt ▷ private|ly li ▷ private|ness nəs nɪs ▷ private|s s ▶ ˌ private de …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DETECTIVE — detective BrE AmE di ˈtekt ɪv də- ▷ detective|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRIVATE — / ˈpraɪvət; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective NOT PUBLIC 1. [ usually before noun ] belonging to or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DETECTIVE — / dɪˈtektɪv; NAmE / noun ( abbr. Det ) 1. a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE — I. pri ‧ vate 1 S1 W1 /ˈpraɪvət, ˈpraɪvɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ privacy , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DETECTIVE — de ‧ tec ‧ tive AC /dɪˈtektɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ detection , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIVATE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 belonging to an individual; one's own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DETECTIVE — n. & adj. --n. (often attrib.) a person, esp. a member of a police force, employed to investigate crime. --adj. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRIVATE — adj. & n. adj. 1 belonging to an individual; one's own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DETECTIVE — n. & adj. n. (often attrib.) a person, esp. a member of a police force, employed to investigate crime. adj. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRIVATE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. belonging to an individual; one's own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed …
Oxford English vocab
DETECTIVE — n. & adj. --n. (often attrib.) a person, esp. a member of a police force, employed to investigate crime. --adj. …
Oxford English vocab
PRIVATE — ( privates) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Private industries and services …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DETECTIVE — ( detectives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A detective is someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a personal/private diary ▪ She later agreed to the publication of parts of her …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DETECTIVE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a detective story ▪ Most detective stories are about a murder. detective/romantic/historical etc novel ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DETECTIVE — [noun] [C] - a police officer whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible …
Cambridge English vocab
DETECTIVE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DETECTIVE — See: HOUSE DETECTIVE.
Slang English vocab
DETECTIVE
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DETECTIVE
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DETECTIVE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ private ▪ She hired a private ~ to follow her husband. ▪ undercover ▪ store ▪ The …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRIVATE — INDEX: private and personal 1. private thoughts and feelings 2. private conversations and letters 3. not connected with work or …
Longman Activator English vocab
DETECTIVE — See ↑ FIND OUT 11 ◆◆◆ • ↑ private investigator/private detective
Longman Activator English vocab
PRIVATE — n. 25B6; adjective his private plane : PERSONAL, own, individual, special, exclusive, privately owned. private talks : CONFIDENTIAL, secret, classified, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DETECTIVE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIVATE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRIVATE — 1. прил. 1) а) частный; личный, персональный, приватный private life ≈ частная жизнь private secretary ≈ личный секретарь private school …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DETECTIVE — 1. сущ. агент сыскной полиции, детектив, сыщик an amateur detective ≈ детектив-непрофессионал private detective ≈ частный детектив 2. прил. сыскной; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRIVATE — private.ogg 1. ʹpraıvıt n 1. воен. рядовой private first class - амер. рядовой 1-го класса 2. pl наружные половые органы …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DETECTIVE — detective.ogg 1. dıʹtektıv n 1. агент сыскной полиции, детектив, сыщик private detective - частный детектив 2. детективный роман или рассказ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRIVATE — частный, собственный multischedule private line — частная линия связи private telephone exchange — телефонная подстанция private work brigades — шабашники - private bank - private …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PRIVATE — private прил.1) а) частный; личный, персональный, приватный private life — частная жизнь private secretary — личный секретарь private school — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRIVATE — 1. ʹpraıvıt n 1. воен. рядовой private first class - амер. рядовой 1-го класса 2. pl наружные половые органы 3. …
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