Meaning

5 senses
  1. A covering.

    a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

  2. A disguise.

  3. A hiding place.

    Versteck

  4. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

    Unterholz

  5. A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

    Deckfeder

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Sami had a covert evil nature.

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  2. We have been sent on a covert mission.

    ruНас послали на секретную миссию. — corvard

    deMan hat uns auf eine geheime Mission entsandt. — Yorwba

  3. We’re also exploring technologies that reduce the potential for covert data collection.

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  4. Subjugation of the lower classes is important to our covert centralization of resources.

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  5. Police conducted covert surveillance.

    deDie Polizei führte eine verdeckte Beschattungsaktion durch. — Yorwba

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Translations

1 languages
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By meaning 3
hiding place:
area of thick undergrowth for hiding:
type of feather:

Origin

From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”)

From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover. Not closely related to overt, despite what the most common pronunciation would suggest.

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Forms

plural: coverts
Singularcovert
Pluralcoverts

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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