Meaning of secrecy | Babel Free
ˈsiːkɹəsiDefinitions
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Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden. countable, uncountable
- secret
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The habit of keeping secrets. countable, uncountable
- a secret
- first-person singular present indicative of secretar
Equivalents
Български
тайна
Bosanski
siri
Català
secretisme
Gaeilge
rúndacht
Galego
secretismo
עברית
סודיות
Hrvatski
siri
Bahasa Indonesia
kerahasiaan
Nederlands
geheimhouding
Русский
засекреченность
Српски
siri
Kiswahili
siri
Türkçe
mahremiyet
中文
秘密
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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