Meaning

2 senses
  1. Information that is widely known, but not acknowledged openly.

    At that time, the corruption in the mayor's office was an open secret.

    offenes Geheimnis

    something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known

  2. (dated)Information that is not widely known, despite being freely available.

    The wonderful dining options in this city are hidden gems — an open secret.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. That's an open secret.

    Це ані для кого не секрет. — deniko

    ruЭто ни для кого не секрет. — sharptoothed

    deDas ist ein offenes Geheimnis. — felix63

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  2. Tom pushed a button on the wall that opened a secret door.

  3. It's an open secret that they have nuclear weapons.

  4. It is an open secret that he deals in weapons.

  5. It's an open secret.

    ruЭто секрет Полишинеля. — marafon

    deDas ist ein offenes Geheimnis. — felix63

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
widely known fact not mentioned:

Forms

plural: open secrets
Singularopen secret
Pluralopen secrets

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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