Secret | Mean of secret in English Dictionary

/ˈsiːkrət/

• kept hidden from others
1. the robbers' secret hideout
2. a secret compartment/passage/cave
3. a secret formula/ingredient
4. Her secret wish is to become a senator.
5. The message was written in secret code.
6. I don't know the secret password.
7. He was sent on a secret mission.
8. They engaged in secret negotiations with the enemy.
9. She tried to keep her marriage secret.
10. She has a secret admirer. [=someone admires her but she does not know who it is]
11. She has a secret lover. [=a lover that no one else knows about]
• keeping information hidden from others
1. They've been very secret about their plans.
• Noun
• a fact or piece of information that is kept hidden from other people
1. Don't tell him about the party—it's a secret.
2. I'm going to tell you a secret, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else.
3. They're getting married. The secret is out. [=everyone now knows that they're getting married]
4. He knows how to keep a secret. [=if you tell him a secret he won't tell it to anyone else]
5. This wine may be Italy's best-kept secret. [=something very good that not many people know about]
6. It's no secret [=many people know] that he has connections to the Mafia.
7. I'll let you in on a (little) secret. [=I'll tell you a secret]
8. The report disclosed the company's dirty little secret. [=something bad that the company does not want people to know]
9. Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. [=I won't tell anyone your secret]

• a special or unusual way of doing something to achieve a good result
1. You always look great. What's your secret?
2. She shared her beauty secrets with the group.
3. The secret to/of a good sauce is the base.
4. What is the secret to your success? [=why are you so successful?]
• something that cannot be explained
1. the secrets of the universe
2. one of nature's greatest secrets
• in a private place or manner
1. They met in secret. [=secretly]
• to show or express (something) openly
1. She made no secret of her dislike for him.