secret

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From Latin secretum.

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secret (comparative more secret, superlative most secret)

Positive
secret

Comparative
more secret

Superlative
most secret

  1. Being or kept hidden.
    We went down a secret passage.

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Singular
secret

Plural
secrets

secret (plural secrets)

  1. Knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
    Can you keep a secret? So can I.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Back-formation from reading secreted as secret + -ed instead of secrete + -ed by influence of the above senses of secret.

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  • /ˈsikrət/

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Infinitive
to secret

Third person singular
secrets

Simple past
secreted

Past participle
secreted

Present participle
secreting

to secret (third-person singular simple present secrets, present participle secreting, simple past and past participle secreted)

  1. To secrete (to hide away).

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This word is not in standard or formal usage, where secrete is used instead.


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secret m. (f. secrète, m. plural secrets, f. plural secrètes)

  1. secret

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secret m. (plural secrets)

  1. secret
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