secret
secret Lexical Profile
secret Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others; kept hidden from general knowledge.
"The diplomatic negotiators held a series of secret meetings in Geneva to draft the peace treaty."
Offering privacy or seclusion; hidden away from public view or frequent visitation.
"The children discovered a secret garden behind the overgrown ivy wall of the estate."
Inclined to conceal feelings, intentions, or actions from others; uncommunicative or reticent.
"He remained remarkably secret about his financial investments even with his closest business partners."
• noun
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
"She promised to keep her friend's career plans a strict secret until the official announcement."
A valid but not commonly known or recognized method for achieving success or producing a desired result.
"The chef explained that the secret to a smooth sauce is adding cold butter gradually at the very end."
The state or condition of being concealed from the knowledge of others; secrecy.
"The prototype was developed in secret at an off-site research facility."
Something that is not yet understood or explained by human knowledge, such as a phenomenon of nature or science.
"Astronomers use deep-space telescopes to unlock the secrets of distant galaxies."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French 'secret', from Latin 'secretus' ('set apart, hidden, private'), the past participle of 'secernere' ('to set apart, divide'), formed from 'se-' ('apart') and 'cernere' ('to sift, separate').