top secret
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See also: top-secret
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]top secret (not comparable)
- (military, government) 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.
- A level of security clearance needed to access such information.
- (figuratively) Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities.
- Steve Jobs set up a top secret team to design the Macintosh.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]information classified at the highest level
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Noun
[edit]top secret (plural top secrets)
- A secret that is classed as "top secret"; top-secret information.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see top, secret.
Further reading
[edit]- classified information on Wikipedia.Wikipedia