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in camera

in camera adverb: in secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors).

Adverb

in camera (not comparable)

  1. In secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors).
  2. Without the presence of the public or the media (in court)
    • The trial was held in camera because the accused was a minor.
    • Ma'am, I must protest most strongly your decision to conduct this inquest in camera.2011, M. R. Hall, The Disappeared: A Jenny Cooper Mystery, →ISBN, page 309

in camera meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

in camera in Tamil

தனி மறைவான, தனியறையில் மறைவாக, நடுவர் உள்ளரங்கில், மறைவாக

in camera in Urdu

درپردہ, خفیہ

in camera in Kannada

ಏಕಾಂತದಲ್ಲಿ, ರಹಸ್ಯವಾಗಿ

Origin of in camera

Borrowed from Latin in camerā (“in the chamber”).

Questions about in camera

What does in camera mean?
In camera means in secret or in private (in an enclosed room, behind closed doors).
What is in camera in Tamil?
In camera in Tamil is தனி மறைவான, தனியறையில் மறைவாக, நடுவர் உள்ளரங்கில். See In camera meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in camera?
In camera is an adverb.

Words near in camera in the dictionary

  1. in broad daylight
  2. in buckets
  3. in business
  4. in cahoots
  5. in calf
  6. in camera
  7. in capital letters
  8. in case
  9. in case of
  10. in character
  11. in charge

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in camera (page history and authors); in camera (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in camera (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in camera (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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