privileged

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(prĭv'ə-lĭjd, prĭv'lĭjd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Enjoying a privilege or having privileges: a privileged childhood; privileged society.
  2. Confined to an exclusive or chosen group of individuals: privileged information.
  3. Law.
    1. Protected by a legally recognized right against disclosure: privileged information.
    2. Protected by a legally recognized right against a lawsuit for libel or slander.
n. (used with a pl. verb)
Privileged people considered as a group. Often used with the.


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adjective

    Of or being information available only to authorized persons: classified, confidential, restricted. See show/hide.

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adj

Definition: allowed, exempt
Antonyms: prevented, unexempt

adj

Definition: confidential, secret
Antonyms: known, open, public

adj

Definition: favored, elite
Antonyms: disadvantaged, disadvantageous, poor, underprivileged

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IN BRIEF: Having a better chance in life than most people.

pronunciation I feel so privileged because I live in such a beautiful part of the world.

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Not generally available; can be used only by selected persons or substances.

  • p. information — information about a client's animals or business to which the veterinarian has access because of his/her professional activities; it is a convention that such information is regarded as confidential. See also confidentiality.
  • p. sites — areas of the body that escape immune surveillance, e.g. cornea.
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - priviligeret
n. - priviligeret person

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevoorrecht, onschendbaar, geheim

Français (French)
adj. - privilégié, confidentiel, inviolable
n. - les privilégiés

Deutsch (German)
adj. - privilegiert
n. - Privilegierte

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προνομιούχος

Italiano (Italian)
privilegiato, confidenziale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - privilegiado

Русский (Russian)
привилегированный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - privilegiado
n. - privilegiado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - privilegierad, gynnad, konfidentiell

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有特权的, 有特别恩典的, 有特权的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有特權的, 有特別恩典的
n. - 有特權的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 특권[특전]이 있는
n. - 특권

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 特権のある, 免責特権の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ذو امتياز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מועדף, מיוחס, חסוי, פטור מ-, בעל זכות מיוחדת‬
n. - ‮יחסן, בעל זכויות-יתר‬


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