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- Dictionarysecret/ˈsiːkrɪt/
adjective
- 1. not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others: "how did you guess I'd got a secret plan?" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others: "a state secret" Similar Opposite
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1. a. : kept from knowledge or view : hidden. b. : marked by the habit of discretion : closemouthed. c. : working with hidden aims or methods : undercover. a secret agent. d. : not acknowledged : unavowed. a secret bride. e. : conducted in secret. a secret trial. 2. : remote from human frequentation or notice : secluded. 3.
a piece of information that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told to others: Why did you have to go and tell Bob about my illness? You just can't keep a secret, can you? A close couple should have no secrets from each other. Aren't you going to let me in on (= tell me) the secret?
noun. something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed. a mystery: the secrets of nature. a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent. a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: a trade secret. the secret of happiness; a trade secret.
A secret is something you don’t want everybody to know, like your secret crush on the bus driver. A secret can also be a mystery known to only a few — the secret of the lost pyramid.
If something is secret, it is known about by only a small number of people, and is not told or shown to anyone else.
adj. 1. a. Kept hidden from knowledge or view; concealed: a secret identity; a secret passageway. b. Not expressed; inward: secret desires. 2. a. Given to keeping one's thoughts and activities unknown to others; secretive: "Scrooge ... was secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster" (Charles Dickens). b.
Jun 25, 2024 · secret (third-person singular simple present secrets, present participle (UK) secretting or (US) secreting, simple past and past participle (UK) secretted or (US) secreted) ( transitive ) To make or keep secret.