Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - secret
Secret
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 kept or meant to be kept private, unknown, or hidden from all or all but a few. 2 acting or operating secretly. 3 fond of, prone to, or able to preserve secrecy. 4 (of a place) hidden, completely secluded. --n. 1 a thing kept or meant to be kept secret. 2 a thing known only to a few. 3 a mystery. 4 a valid but not commonly known or recognized method of achieving or maintaining something (what's their secret?; correct breathing is the secret of good health). 5 RC Ch. a prayer concluding the offertory of the mass. Phrases and idioms in secret secretly. in (or in on) the secret among the number of those who know it. keep a secret not reveal it. secret agent a spy acting for a country. secret ballot a ballot in which votes are cast in secret. secret police a police force operating in secret for political purposes. secret service a government department concerned with espionage. secret society a society whose members are sworn to secrecy about it. Derivatives secretly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L secretus (adj.) separate, set apart f. secernere secret- (as SE-, cernere sift)
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I. adjective see: secede Date: 14th century 1. kept from knowledge or view ; hidden, marked by the habit of discretion ; closemouthed, working with hidden aims or methods ; undercover , not acknowledged ; unavowed , conducted in ~ , remote from human frequentation or notice ; secluded, revealed only to the initiated ; esoteric, designed to elude observation or detection , containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could endanger national security, ~ly adverb Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 14th century 1. something kept hidden or unexplained ; mystery, something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only confidentially with a few, a method, formula, or process used in an art or operation and divulged only to those of one's own company or craft ; trade ~, the practices or knowledge making up the shared discipline or culture of an esoteric society, a prayer traditionally said inaudibly by the celebrant just before the preface of the mass, something taken to be a specific or key to a desired end ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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