EGAVE

secret

About 37.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    "Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I."
  2. noun The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
    The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
  3. noun Something not understood or known.
  4. noun Private seclusion.
    The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.
  5. noun The genital organs.
  6. noun A form of steel skullcap.
  7. noun Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
  8. verb To make or keep secret.

Similar words

hush-hush confidential privy private clandestine occult cloak-and-dagger on the quiet hole-and-corner undercover

Often followed by

of service and police to societies that from society

Word family

secreter secretest secretly secrets

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