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What does privy means? Can someone tell me in easy way with using couples of sentence with it?
Can someone explain me in easy words how can i use it in my sentence ..Does privy means to keep a secret?
28 mag 2016 20:08
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Not exactly, no.
One almost always use "privy" with a form of the verb "to be." To be privy to something means to have knowledge about something which is sometimes (not always) unknown to others.
I am privy to the ways of the world.
You are privy to all the complexities of tax law.
He/She/It is privy to information that isn't open to the public.
28 maggio 2016
Privy as an adjective is always expressed "privy to" and means sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private):
Privy is also British English noun for toilet or washroom
28 maggio 2016
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