ALL meanings of in secret
in se·cret
I i - adverb in secret without others knowing 1
- adjective in secret done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations. 1
- adjective in secret kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password. 1
- adjective in secret faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent. 1
- adjective in secret designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation: a secret drawer; the secret police. 1
- adjective in secret secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn: a secret hiding place. 1
- adjective in secret beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric. 1
- adjective in secret bearing the classification secret. limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified. 1
- noun in secret something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed. 1
- noun in secret a mystery: the secrets of nature. 1
- noun in secret a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent. 1
- noun in secret a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret. 1
- noun in secret a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material. Compare classification (def 5). 1
- noun in secret (initial capital letter) Liturgy. a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface. 1
- idioms in secret in secret, unknown to others; in private; secretly: A resistance movement was already being organized in secret. 1
- phrase in secret If you do something in secret, you do it without anyone else knowing. 0
- noun in secret without the knowledge of others; secretly 0