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Meaning of secrecy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsiːkɹəsi

Definitions

  1. Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
    countable, uncountable
  2. secret
  3. The habit of keeping secrets.
    countable, uncountable
  4. a secret
  5. first-person singular present indicative of secretar

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Examples

“I was sworn to secrecy.”
“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.”
“I suspect that this large and complex military railway system, shrouded in official secrecy for most of its operational life, remains unknown to many people.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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