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Definition of Secret

1. Noun. Something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on). "He tried to keep his drinking a secret"

2. Adjective. Not open or public; kept private or not revealed. "Secret talks"

3. Noun. Information known only to a special group. "The secret of Cajun cooking"

4. Adjective. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. "Underground resistance"

5. Noun. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. "It remains one of nature's secrets"

6. Adjective. Not openly made known. "A secret bride"

7. Adjective. Communicated covertly. "Secret messages"

8. Adjective. Not expressed. "Secret (or private) thoughts"

9. Adjective. Designed to elude detection. "The secret compartment in the desk"

10. Adjective. Hidden from general view or use. "A secret garden"

11. Adjective. (of information) given in confidence or in secret. "Their secret communications"

12. Adjective. Indulging only covertly. "A secret alcoholic"

13. Adjective. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding. "The secret learning of the ancients"

14. Adjective. The next to highest level of official classification for documents.

Definition of Secret

1. a. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

2. n. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.

3. v. t. To keep secret.

Definition of Secret

1. Noun. Knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. (defdate from later 14th c.) ¹

2. Adjective. Being or kept hidden. (defdate from late 14th c.) ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To make or keep secret. (defdate from late 16th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Secret

1. kept from knowledge or view [adj -CRETER, -CRETEST] / something kept from the knowledge of others [n -S]

Medical Definition of Secret

1. 1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow. "The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us." (Deut. Xxix. 29) 2. Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded. "There, secret in her sapphire cell, He with the Nais wont to dwell." (Fenton) 3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive. "Secret Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter." (Shak) 4. Separate; distinct. "They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter." (Cudworth) Synonym: Hidden, concealed, secluded, retired, unseen, unknown, private, obscure, recondite, latent, covert, clandestine, privy. See Hidden. Origin: F. Secret (cf. Sp.& Pg. Secreto, It. Secreto, segreto), fr. L. Secretus, p.p. Of secrernere to put apart, to separate. See Certain, and cf. Secrete, Secern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secret

secondness secondo seconds seconds of arc secosteroid secosteroids secpar secpars secre secrecies

secrecy secrely secreness secres secresy secret-sacred secret Santa secret Santas secret admirer secret admirers

secret agent secret agents secret approval secret ballot secret code secret of Polichinelle secret plan secret police secret service

Literary usage of Secret

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Unfair Business Competition: Including Chapters on Trade Secrets by Harry Dwight Nims (1909)
"The assignment of a trade secret carries the right to protect it, by preventing ... This because title to a trade secret, though 'dishonestly obtained, ..."

2. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"secret search among the hidden treasures of silver-land was the nearest to unmarred ecstasy. It was a delirious revel. By and by, in the bed of a shallow ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"During the Civil War period he was\ employed in the United States secret Service and afterward entered his father's office. On the death of his father, ..."

4. Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement by Ray Stannard Baker (1922)
"Minutes of the secret Conference of the Four Heads of States on March 20,, relative to the partition of Turkey under the secret agreements of and. ..."

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