secret
A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hiddenA piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
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» You should have kept it secret.
Du hättest es geheim halten sollen. — Ullalia
Ты должен был держать это в тайне. — marafon
Вы должны были держать это в тайне. — marafon
Вам следовало держать это в тайне. — marafon
Тебе следовало держать это в тайне. — marafon
Вам надо было держать это в тайне. — marafon
Тебе надо было держать это в тайне. — marafon
Ви повинні були тримати це в таємниці. — Anjy
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Examples
1979 sentencesYou should have kept it secret.
Ви повинні були тримати це в таємниці. — Anjy
ruТы должен был держать это в тайне. — marafon
deDu hättest es geheim halten sollen. — Ullalia
He seems to know the secret.
Схоже, він знає секрет. — deniko
ruПохоже, он знает секрет. — Biga
deEr scheint das Geheimnis zu kennen. — Espi
I've got no secrets from Tom.
У мене від Тома немає секретів. — deniko
ruУ меня нет секретов от Тома. — odexed
Meaning
7 senses(countable)A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
"Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I."
Geheimnis
та́йнаtájna, секре́тsekrét
тає́мницяtajémnycja, секре́тsekrét, таїна́tajiná
(countable, uncountable)The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
(uncountable)Private seclusion.
The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.
More meanings 4
(countable, uncountable)Something not understood or known.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A form of steel skullcap.
(countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)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.
(archaic, countable, in the plural, uncountable)The genital organs.
- something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- information known only to a special group
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Origin
The noun is from Middle English secret, from Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secretum. DisplaceThe noun is from Middle English secret, from Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secretum. Displaced Old English dēagolnes (“a secret”).
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Forms
plural: secretsSynonyms
4 synonyms- information known only to a special group:arcanum
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained:mysteryenigmaclosed book
Word family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- keep a secret
- keeping secrets
- has a secret
- keep secrets from
- at keeping secrets
- keep this secret
- it's no secret
- a secret admirer
- secret admirer
- no secret
- knows the secret
- keep the secret
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.