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# confidential

adjective (confidential); adverb confidentially

«confidential» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Confidential information is secret and should only be seen or shared by certain people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#m1)
2. Confidential describes a quiet, private way of speaking that shows you trust someone: «in a confidential voice». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life doctors, schools and banks keep records confidential. In e-safety, passwords and personal details are confidential and must not be shared online. In stories a character whispers in a confidential tone. Phrases: strictly confidential, keep confidential, in confidence.

### Examples

- Your medical records are confidential. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#x1)
- This letter is strictly confidential. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#x2)
- Keep your password confidential. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#x3)
- She told me in a confidential whisper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#x4)
- The school keeps pupils' details confidential. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#x5)
- Please treat this information as confidential. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: con-fi-den-tial, «-tial». Noun «confidentiality». Safety: if an adult asks you to keep something confidential that makes you uncomfortable, tell a trusted grown-up — some secrets should not be kept.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «confidential» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confidential/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confidential» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/confidential.html) on Mova free.