secret

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secret

A child whispers a secret to her friend.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Kept hidden from knowledge or view; not known or meant to be known by others: Refers to information, actions, or things that are concealed.
    • Operating in a hidden or confidential way: Describes activities, agents, or missions that are covert.
    • Secluded or private: Describes a place that is hidden from general view.

  2. Noun:

    • Something that is kept hidden or is not known by others: A piece of information, knowledge, or a fact that is concealed.
    • A method, formula, or technique that is not widely known: Often implies a special or effective way of doing something.
    • Something that is not fully understood; a mystery: Refers to an aspect of nature or life that is puzzling or unexplained.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • They had a secret meeting to discuss the plan. (The meeting was hidden from others.)
    • He is a secret agent for the government. (His true role is concealed.)
    • We found a secret garden behind the old wall. (The garden was hidden from view.)

  • Noun:

    • Can you keep a secret? (Can you not tell others this hidden information?)
    • The secret to her success is hard work. (The special, not-obvious method for her success.)
    • Scientists are still trying to unlock the secrets of the universe. (The unexplained mysteries.)
Advanced Usage
  • "In secret": Done in a hidden or private manner.
    • The negotiations were conducted in secret.
  • "Open secret": Something supposed to be secret but actually known to many people.
    • It's an open secret that they are dating.
  • "Secret to success": The key factor or method for achieving success.
    • Patience is the secret to success in this field.
Variants and Related Words
  • Secrecy (n): The state of being secret or keeping something secret.
    • The project was shrouded in secrecy.
  • Secretive (adj): Inclined to conceal feelings, intentions, or information.
    • He is very secretive about his personal life.
  • Secretly (adv): In a secret manner.
    • She secretly admired his work.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Hidden, concealed, covert, clandestine, confidential, private.
  • Noun: Confidence, mystery, enigma, formula, key.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Keep something secret: To not tell anyone about something.
    • You must keep this information secret.
  • Let someone in on a secret: To tell someone a secret.
    • She let me in on the secret about the surprise party.
Related Idioms
  • Secret weapon: A hidden advantage or resource.
    • His extensive network is his secret weapon in business.
  • Best-kept secret: Something very good that is known to only a few people.
    • This little café is the town's best-kept secret.
secret

A child whispers a secret to her friend.

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

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