[1032] confidential

[보카길라잡이]

adj.

1. Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
2. Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary.
3. Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice.
4. Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security.

confidential

adj 1: entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary"

2: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: closet(a), secret]

3: denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"

4: the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified

  -    confide

v 1: reveal in private; tell confidentially

2: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust, intrust, trust, commit]

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<비교>

  -  confident

adj 1: having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment" [ant: unconfident]

2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)]

3: not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani [syn: surefooted]

   -  confidant

n : someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: intimate]

[마스터현태]

confidential 1.기밀의 비밀의, 2 비밀을 터놓는, 친밀한 3.심복의 confidence 신용 신임. self-confidence 자신, 자신 과잉