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adjective
1.
done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
2.
kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password.
3.
faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent.
4.
designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation: a secret drawer; the secret police.
5.
EXPANDsecluded, sheltered, or withdrawn: a secret hiding place.
6.
beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric.
7.
COLLAPSE(of information, a document, etc.)
a.
bearing the classification secret.
b.
limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified.
noun
8.
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
9.
a mystery: the secrets of nature.
10.
a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.
11.
a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret.
12.
EXPANDa classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material. Compare classification (def. 5).
13.
COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) Liturgy. a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface.
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Secrets
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14.
in secret, unknown to others; in private; secretly: A resistance movement was already being organized in secret.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English secrette < Old French secret < Latin sēcrētus hidden, orig. past participle of sēcernere to secern
1350–1400; Middle English secrette < Old French secret < Latin sēcrētus hidden, orig. past participle of sēcernere to secern
Related forms
se·cret·ly, adverb
se·cret·ness, noun
non·se·cret, adjective, noun
non·se·cret·ly, adverb
qua·si-se·cret, adjective
EXPANDqua·si-se·cret·ly, adverb
sem·i·se·cret, adjective
sem·i·se·cret·ly, adverb
su·per·se·cret, noun
ul·tra·se·cret, adjective
ul·tra·se·cret·ly, adverb
un·se·cret·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. clandestine, hidden, concealed, covert. 1, 2. private, confidential. 3. secretive. 6. occult, obscure, mysterious.
1. clandestine, hidden, concealed, covert. 1, 2. private, confidential. 3. secretive. 6. occult, obscure, mysterious.
Antonyms
1. open, manifest.
1. open, manifest.
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Word Origin & History
secret
late 14c. (n.), c.1400 (adj.), from L. secretus "set apart, withdrawn, hidden," originally pp. of secernere "to set apart," from se- "without, apart," prop. on one's own (from PIE *sed-, from base *s(w)e-; see idiom) + cernere "separate" (see
EXPAND crisis). The verb meaning "to keep secret" (described in OED as "obsolete") is attested from 1590s. Secretive is attested from 1853. Secret agent first recorded 1715; secret service is from 1737; secret weapon is from 1936.
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