PRIVATE EYE

Meaning of PRIVATE EYE in English

ˌPrivate ˈEye BrE AmE trademark

a British ↑ satirical magazine which is known for criticizing and making jokes about famous people, and for printing stories about dishonest or embarrassing behaviour by people in public life

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

PRIVATE EYE — noun Date: 1938 private investigator
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRIVATE EYE — noun slang : a detective who is not a member of an official police force : private detective
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — Slang. a private detective. [ 1935-40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbr. of investigator ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — private detective or investigator (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRIVATE EYE — Date: 1938 : private investigator
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — Function: noun Date: 1938 : PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — ■ noun informal a private detective.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRIVATE EYE — [private eye] n (1938): private investigator
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIVATE EYE — ➡ private detective
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — ˌprivate ˈeye BrE AmE noun [countable] informal a ↑ private detective
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIVATE EYE — ( private eyes) You can refer to a private detective as a private eye , especially when he or she …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIVATE EYE — (~s) You can refer to a private detective as a ~, especially when he or she is a character in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRIVATE EYE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Did they hire a private eye to wreak havoc on the life of the harasser? …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — {n.}, {colloquial} A private investigator; a detective. * /Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."/
Slang English vocab
PRIVATE EYE — Function: noun Synonyms: PRIVATE DETECTIVE , operative, Pinkerton, ||shamus
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRIVATE EYE — noun Synonyms: private detective , operative, Pinkerton, ||shamus
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — a British satirical magazine first published in 1961 and now appearing twice a month. It contains humorous articles and cartoons, …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — разг. "тайное око", частный детектив, сыщик (обыкн. о герое детективных романов)
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
PRIVATE EYE — {n.}, {colloquial} A private investigator; a detective. * /Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."/
Словарь английских идиом
PRIVATE EYE — n. , colloquial A private investigator; a detective. Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."
American Idioms English vocabulary
PRIVATE EYE — Прайвэт Ай
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
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PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRIVATE EYE — частный сыщик
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PRIVATE EYE — n infml The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get away — По …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PRIVATE EYE — n infml The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get away — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PRIVATE EYE — private eye n infml The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PRIVATE EYE — The private eyes were all over the town looking for her man who managed to get away — По городу …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
PRIVATE EYE — разг. "тайное око", частный детектив, сыщик (обыкн. о герое детективных романов)
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
PRIVATE EYE — "Прайвит ай" (двухнедельный сатирический журнал; публикует материлы об английских политических деятелях, бизнесменах и т.п., часто сенсационного характера; тир. ок. 210 …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
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
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
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
PRIVATE — — privately , adv. — privateness , n. /pruy"vit/ , adj. 1. belonging to some particular person: private property. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
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
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
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
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
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
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRIVATE — private BrE AmE ˈpraɪv ət -ɪt ▷ private|ly li ▷ private|ness nəs nɪs ▷ private|s s ▶ ˌ private de …
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
EYE
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
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
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
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
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
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
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
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
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
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
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
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
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
PRIVATE — n. 25B6; adjective his private plane : PERSONAL, own, individual, special, exclusive, privately owned. private talks : CONFIDENTIAL, secret, classified, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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