top secret

See also: top-secret

English

Adjective

top secret (not comparable)

1. (military) Information classified at the highest level 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.

2. A level of security clearance needed to access such information.
3. (figuratively) Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities.

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

Translations

information classified at the highest level

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕對機密／绝对机密, 绝对机密 (juéduì jīmì), 絕密／绝密 (zh) (juémì), 绝密 (zh) (juémì)

• Czech: přísně tajné n
• Dutch: topgeheim (nl)
• Finnish: huippusalainen
• French: ultra-secret (fr), top-secret (fr)
• German: streng geheim
• Greek: άκρως απόρρητο (ákros apórrito)
• Japanese: 極秘, gokuhi
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: topphemmelig

• Polish: ściśle tajny m
• Portuguese: ultrassecreto m
• Russian: соверше́нно секре́тный (soveršénno sekrétnyj)
• Slovak: prísne tajné n
• Spanish: ultrasecreto m
• Swedish: kvalhemlig (sv)
• Turkish: çok gizli

See also

• secret
• confidential
• restricted