Meaning

2 senses

  1. (rare, transitive)To make or keep secret.

    1986, InfoWorld, InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. Diskless workstations … make it difficult for individuals to copy information … onto a diskette and secret it away.

  2. (rare, transitive)To hide secretly.

Examples

2006 sentences

  1. You 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

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  2. He seems to know the secret.

    Схоже, він знає секрет. — deniko

    ruПохоже, он знает секрет. — Biga

    deEr scheint das Geheimnis zu kennen. — Espi

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  3. I've got no secrets from Tom.

    У мене від Тома немає секретів. — deniko

    ruУ меня нет секретов от Тома. — odexed

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  4. Tom is working on something secret.

    Том працює над чимось секретним. — deniko

    ruТом работает над чем-то секретным. — odexed

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  5. We had to keep it secret.

    Ми були змушені тримати це в секреті. — deniko

    ruНам пришлось держать это в секрете. — sharptoothed

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Origin

The noun is from Middle English secret, from Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secretum. Displace

The noun is from Middle English secret, from Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secretum. Displaced Old English dēagolnes (“a secret”).

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Forms

secrets, secreting, secreted, secreted
Base formsecret · to secret
3rd person singularsecrets
Present participlesecreting
Past simplesecreted / secretted
Past participlesecreted / secretted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysecret
he, she, itsecrets

Past simpleLesson

all personssecreted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave secreted
he, she, ithas secreted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill secret

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsecrete

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • keep a secret
  • keeping secrets
  • has a secret
  • keep secrets from
  • at keeping secrets
  • keep this secret
  • a secret admirer
  • secret admirer
  • no secret
  • this a secret
  • knows the secret
  • was a secret

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
secondhandsecondlyB2secrecysecretarialsecretariatsecretaryA2

Dictionary 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.

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