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secret

/ˈsiːkrət/

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adjective

kept hidden from others :known to only a few people

the robbers' secret hideout

a secret compartment/passage/cave

a secret formula/ingredient

Her secret wish is to become a senator.

The message was written in secret code.

I don't know the secret password.

He was sent on a secret mission.

They engaged in secret negotiations with the enemy.

She tried to keep her marriage secret.

She has a secret admirer. [=someone admires her but she does not know who it is]

She has a secret lover. [=a lover that no one else knows about] - see also secret agent, secret police, secret service, top secret

[more ~; most ~] :keeping information hidden from others :secretive

They've been very secret about their plans.

noun

plural -crets

[count] a fact or piece of information that is kept hidden from other people

Don't tell him about the partyit's a secret.

I'm going to tell you a secret, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else.

They're getting married. The secret is out. [=everyone now knows that they're getting married]

He knows how to keep a secret. [=if you tell him a secret he won't tell it to anyone else]

This wine may be Italy's best-kept secret. [=something very good that not many people know about]

It's no secret [=many people know] that he has connections to the Mafia.

I'll let you in on a (little) secret. [=I'll tell you a secret]

The report disclosed the company's dirty little secret. [=something bad that the company does not want people to know]

Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. [=I won't tell anyone your secret] - see also trade secret

a special or unusual way of doing something to achieve a good result

You always look great. What's your secret?

She shared her beauty secrets with the group.

The secret to/of a good sauce is the base.

What is the secret to your success? [=why are you so successful?]

something that cannot be explained

the secrets of the universe

one of nature's greatest secrets

in secret

in a private place or manner

They met in secret. [=secretly]

make no secret of

to show or express (something) openly :to not try to hide (something)

She made no secret of her dislike for him.

* Các từ tương tự:
secret agent, secret police, secret service, secretariat, secretary, Secretary of State, Secretary-General, secrete, secretion