Definitions for secret
ˈsi krɪtse·cret

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. secretnoun

   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"

2. secret, arcanumnoun

   information known only to a special group

   "the secret of Cajun cooking"

3. mystery, enigma, secret, closed bookadjective

   something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

   "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

4. secretadjective

   not open or public; kept private or not revealed

   "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"

5. clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, undergroundadjective

   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"

6. unavowed, secretadjective

   not openly made known

   "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"

7. secretadjective

   communicated covertly

   "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"

8. secret, privateadjective

   not expressed

   "secret (or private) thoughts"

9. hidden, secretadjective

   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"

10. privy, secluded, secretadjective

    hidden from general view or use

    "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"

11. confidential, secretadjective

    (of information) given in confidence or in secret

    "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"

12. secretadjective

    indulging only covertly

    "a secret alcoholic"

13. mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphicadjective

    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"

14. secretadjective

    the next to highest level of official classification for documents

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. secretnoun

   Knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.

   Can you keep a secret? So can I.

2. secretverb

   To make or keep secret.

3. secretadjective

   Being or kept hidden.

   We went down a secret passage.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. SECRETadjective

   Etymology: secret, French; secretus, Latin.

   1. Kept hidden; not revealed; concealed; private.

   The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us. Deutr. xxix. 29.

   2. Retired; private; unseen.

   Thou open’st wisdom’s way,
   And giv’st access, though secret she retire:
   And I perhaps am secret. John Milton.

   3. Faithful to a secret entrusted.

   Secret Romans, that have spoke the word,
   And will not palter? William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   4. Unknown; not discovered: as, a secret remedy.5. Privy; obscene.

2. Secretnoun

   Etymology: secret, French; secretum, Latin.

   1. Something studiously hidden.

   Infected minds
   To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. William Shakespeare.

   There is no secret that they can hide from thee. Ezek. xxviii.

   We not to explore the secrets ask
   Of his eternal empire. John Milton.

   2. A thing unknown; something not yet discovered.

   All blest secrets,
   All you unpublish’d virtues of the earth. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   All secrets of the deep, all nature’s works. John Milton.

   The Romans seem not to have known the secret of paper-credit. Arbuthnot.

   3. Privacy; secrecy.

   Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Prov. ix. 17.

   In secret, riding through the air she comes. John Milton.

3. To Secretverb

   To keep private.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Great care is to be used of the clerks of the council, for the secreting of their consultations. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. secret

   Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy can exist in a number of different ways: encoding or encryption (where mathematical and technical strategies are used to hide messages), true secrecy (where restrictions are put upon those who take part of the message, such as through government security classification) and obfuscation, where secrets are hidden in plain sight behind complex idiosyncratic language (jargon) or steganography. Another classification proposed by Claude Shannon in 1948 reads there are three systems of secrecy within communication: concealment systems, including such methods as invisible ink, concealing a message in an innocent text, or in a fake covering cryptogram, or other methods in which the existence of the message is concealed from the enemy privacy systems, for example, voice inversion, in which special equipment is required to recover the message "true" secrecy systems where the meaning of the message is concealed by the cypher, code, etc., although its existence is not hidden, and the enemy is assumed to have any special equipment necessary to intercept and record the transmitted signal

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Secretadjective

   hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow

2. Secretadjective

   withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded

3. Secretadjective

   faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive

4. Secretadjective

   separate; distinct

5. Secretadjective

   something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed

6. Secretadjective

   a thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery

7. Secretadjective

   the parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs

8. Secretverb

   to keep secret

9. Etymology: [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See Secret, a.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Secret

   Secret is the eighth studio album by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released by Avex Trax on November 29, 2006 in Japan. The album was successful on many charts across Asia and has gone triple platinum in Japan. Secret received an "Album of the Year" award at the Japan Gold Disc Awards and its title track received the award for "Japanese Song of the Year" at the RTHK International awards at Hong Kong. It became the 22nd best selling album of 2006 according to the Oricon.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Secret

   sē′kret, adj. concealed from notice: removed from sight: unrevealed: hidden: secluded: retired: private: keeping secrets: reserved.—n. that which is concealed: anything unrevealed or unknown: privacy: the key or principle by which something is made clear: a form of steel skull-cap: one of the prayers in the Mass, immediately following the 'Orate, fratres,' said inaudibly by the celebrant: (pl.) any prayers said secretly and not aloud: the parts of the body which are concealed.—ns. Sē′crecy, the state of being secret: separation: concealment: retirement: privacy: fidelity to a secret: the keeping of secrets; Sē′cretage, a process in dressing furs.—adj. Sē′cret-false (Shak.), secretly false, while apparently sincere.—adv. Sē′cretly, in a secret manner: privately: unknown to others: inwardly.—n. Sē′cretness, the state of being secret.—Secret service, a department of government service.—Open secret, a secret which all may inquire into. [Fr.,—L. secretus—secernĕre, secretum—se-, apart, cernĕre, to separate.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. secret

   1. A thing we give to others to keep for us. 2. Something known only to a few.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. secret

   See security classification.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'secret' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2802

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'secret' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4670

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'secret' in Nouns Frequency: #1226

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'secret' in Adjectives Frequency: #379

Anagrams for secret »

1. certes

2. erects

3. resect

4. terces

5. screet

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of secret in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of secret in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of secret in a Sentence

1. Brant Menswar:

   The secret to becoming unbreakable is realizing that you are already broken. We all are.

2. Maamoun Abdelkarim:

   We cannot evaluate the destruction to the ruins from the criminal secret excavations ... It will take weeks to assess, we have been into the museum and to the Temple of Bel, the amphitheatre, and the colonnaded street.

3. White House:

   ( House) Speaker( Nancy) Pelosi and White House Democrats are running an unfair, unconstitutional and illegitimate' impeachment' proceeding. The Democrats' sham hearings provide zero due process to The President and are being conducted entirely in secret, except for the out-of-context parts that( White House) Chairman( Adam) Schiff determines should be selectively leaked to the press. The President can not be expected to participate in this illegitimate process.

4. Sarah Begbie:

   There were always plenty of young female guests on board to keep any single men occupied and these were women that looked like they had just come from the Victoria’s Secret runway, our backyard was literally crystal clear waters and deserted white beaches for as far as the eye could see. Although while on charter it was difficult to appreciate this, during time off and breaks it was amazing.

5. Jason Chaffetz:

   I got more whistleblowers from the Secret Service than I do anywhere else. And if you look at that department and agency, it's the one place you can never, ever, ever make a mistake, ever, and yet there is lack of clarity, rules of engagement are not understood. ... The more I look at it, the scarier it gets for me.

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