Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Information classified at one of the highest levels of sensitivity by a government, based on an assessment that it would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if disclosed.

    NSA's report on the Liberty incident was originally classified top secret.

    streng geheim

    соверше́нно секре́тныйsoveršénno sekrétnyj, совсекре́тныйsovsekrétnyj

    надсекре́тнийnadsekrétnyj

  2. (not comparable)A level of security clearance needed to access such information.

  3. (figuratively, not comparable)Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities.

    Steve Jobs set up a top secret team to design the Macintosh.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Remember that this is top secret.

  2. This is top secret.

    ruЭто совершенно секретно. — sharptoothed

    deDas ist streng geheim. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. It's top secret.

    ruЭто совершенно секретно. — sharptoothed

    deDas ist streng geheim. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. This is a top secret mission.

    ruЭто сверхсекретная миссия. — marafon

    deDas ist eine streng geheime Mission. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I'm on a top secret mission.

    deIch befinde mich auf streng geheimer Mission. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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information classified at the highest level:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
information classified at the highest level:

See also

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