CONFIDENTIAL


Meaning of CONFIDENTIAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkän-fə-ˈden(t)-shəl ]

adjective

Date: 1759

1. : marked by intimacy or willingness to confide

a confidential tone

2. : private , secret

confidential information

3. : entrusted with confidences

a confidential clerk

4. : containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest — compare secret , top secret

• con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty -ˌden(t)-shē-ˈa-lə-tē noun

• con·fi·den·tial·ly -ˈden(t)-sh(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.