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# privacy

noun (privacy — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Being away from other people so they cannot see or hear you: "the privacy of your bedroom". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#m1)
2. Keeping your personal information, like your address, passwords or photos, safe from people who should not have it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In online safety lessons pupils learn to protect their privacy: not sharing their full name, address, school or passwords, and using privacy settings. In everyday life people need privacy in the bathroom or when changing. Phrases: privacy settings, respect someone's privacy, in privacy, invasion of privacy.

### Examples

- Please knock to give your sister some privacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#x1)
- Check the privacy settings on the game before you play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#x2)
- Never share your password, so you keep your privacy online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#x3)
- Reading someone else's diary does not respect their privacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#x4)
- The changing rooms have curtains for privacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#x5)
- The app asked for our address, so Dad checked its privacy rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#x6)
- Everyone has a right to privacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/privacy/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: "some privacy", not "a privacy". The adjective is "private". Pronounced "PRIV-a-see" in the UK and "PRY-va-see" in the USA. Safety: keeping your privacy online means not telling strangers where you live or go to school. Privacy does not mean keeping secrets that hurt you; tell a trusted adult about anything that worries you.

## On Mova

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