Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

    I was sworn to secrecy.

    Geheimhaltung

    засекреченностьzasekrečennostʹ

    the condition of being concealed or hidden

  2. (countable, uncountable)The habit of keeping secrets.

    Geheimniskrämerei, Geheimnistuerei

    the trait of keeping things secret

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Why all the secrecy?

    Для чого вся ця секретність?

    ruК чему вся эта секретность?

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  2. This plan requires secrecy.

    deDieser Plan erfordert Geheimhaltung.

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  3. Absolute secrecy is essential.

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  4. Absolute secrecy is necessary.

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  5. Absolute secrecy is paramount.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
concealment:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
concealment:
habit of keeping secrets:

Origin

An alteration (on the model of primacy, etc.) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old Fr

An alteration (on the model of primacy, etc.) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.

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Forms

plural: secrecies
Singularsecrecy
Pluralsecrecies

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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