Secrecy Meaning
/ˈsiːkɹəsi/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounConcealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
nounThe habit of keeping secrets.
Sentence Examples
The conference was cloaked in secrecy.
We bound her to secrecy.
It was told me under pledge of secrecy.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The government project was conducted in complete ____ to avoid any information leaks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The operation was conducted in complete ____ to prevent any information from leaking.
Word Origin & History
Alteration (on model of primacy, etc) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"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."
— 2022 January 12, Chris Hegg, “The secret railway in the woods”, in RAIL, number 948, page 34:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The government project was conducted in complete ____ to avoid any information leaks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The operation was conducted in complete ____ to prevent any information from leaking.