Definitions for secrets

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secrets se·cret

Spelling: [see-krit]

IPA: /ˈsi krɪt/

Secrets is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in secrets (ceersst).

Definitions for secrets

noun

1. something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
2. a mystery:
3. a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.
4. a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few:
5. a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material. Compare classification (def 5).
6. (initial capital letter) Liturgy. a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface.

Idioms

1. in secret, unknown to others; in private; secretly:

adjective

1. done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others:
2. kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged:
3. faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent.
4. designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation:
5. secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn:
6. beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric.
7. bearing the classification secret. limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified.

Origin of secrets

1350-1400; Middle English secrette Old French secret Latin sēcrētus hidden, orig. past participle of sēcernere to secern

Examples for secrets

Afraid the Korean secret police would not believe his kidnapping story, Shin settled in Hollywood.

But I have a secret dread of the character and power of Alcibiades.

It is on Mr. Haley's account that I prefer to keep it secret.

Never mind the huge buildup of clandestine operatives and secret warriors since 9/11.

In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

The secret of this crowning charm was, perhaps, that she was a new sensation.

The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.

She saw her all the time while Connie was telling her the secret.

Ziad and Sabrine dated in secret during their time at university.

"I am going to tell you a secret," he said at last, in a shamefaced way.