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Meaning of 'secret' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Secret [ a.]
- Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
- Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
- Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
- Separate; distinct.
- Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
- A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
- The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.
2 . Secret [ v. t.]
- To keep secret.

Meaning of 'secret' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . secret [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
Example in sentence:
  • he tried to keep his drinking a secret;
  • the combination to the safe was a secret
Meaning (2):
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Example in sentence:
  • how it got out is a mystery;
  • it remains one of nature's secrets
Meaning (3):
- information known only to a special group
Example in sentence:
  • the secret of Cajun cooking
4 . secret [ s]
Meaning (4):
- designed to elude detection
Example in sentence:
  • a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole;
  • a secret passage;
  • the secret compartment in the desk
Meaning (5):
- hidden from general view or use
Example in sentence:
  • a privy place to rest and think;
  • a secluded romantic spot;
  • a secret garden
Meaning (6):
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Example in sentence:
  • a secret agent;
  • an undercover investigation;
  • clandestine intelligence operations;
  • cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines;
  • hole-and-corner intrigue;
  • secret missions;
  • secret sales of arms;
  • surreptitious mobilization of troops;
  • underground resistance
Meaning (7):
- indulging only covertly
Example in sentence:
  • a secret alcoholic
Meaning (8):
- not openly made known
Example in sentence:
  • a secret bride;
  • a secret marriage
Meaning (9):
- not open or public; kept private or not revealed
Example in sentence:
  • a secret formula;
  • secret ingredients;
  • secret talks
Meaning (10):
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Example in sentence:
  • mysterious symbols;
  • occult lore;
  • the mystical style of Blake;
  • the secret learning of the ancients
Meaning (11):
- not expressed
Example in sentence:
  • secret (or private) thoughts
Meaning (12):
- communicated covertly
Example in sentence:
  • secret messages;
  • their secret signal was a wink
Meaning (13):
- (of information) given in confidence or in secret
Example in sentence:
  • their secret communications;
  • this arrangement must be kept confidential

Nearby Words:

secale secancy secant secco secede seceded seceder seceding secern secerned

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