Secret ˈsiːkrət Location Ship Closely Guarded Made People

• can you keep a secret?
• the location of the ship is a closely guarded secret.
• shall we let him in on (= tell him) the secret?
• he made no secret of his ambition (= he didn't try to hide it).

secret

1. something that is known about by only a few people and not told to others
• Can you keep a secret?
• The location of the ship is a closely guarded secret.
• Shall we let him in on (= tell him) the secret?
• He made no secret of his ambition (= he didn't try to hide it).
• She was dismissed for revealing trade secrets.
• official/State secrets
• dark secrets from his past
2. the best or only way to achieve something; the way a particular person achieves something
• Careful planning is the secret of success.
• She still looks so young. What's her secret?
3. a thing that is not yet fully understood or that is difficult to understand
• the secrets of the universe
4. if something is an open secret, many people know about it, although it is supposed to be a secret
5. a secret that somebody feels ashamed about
6. without other people knowing about it
• The meeting was held in secret.
• She admired him, in secret of course.

Extra Examples

• Can you keep a secret?
• He refuses to make any secret of his political allegiances.
• How did the secret get out?
• I have no secrets from you.
• She let us into her secret - she was engaged.
• She revealed the secret behind her extraordinary success.
• That evening she had revealed many of her innermost secrets.
• The film stars were married in secret to avoid publicity.
• Their affair is an open secret.
• Their relationship remained a secret.
• There was some secret about the source of his wealth.
• These animals may hold the secret to combating the virus.
• Uncle Charlie hides a dark secret.
• a charming museum that is one of the city’s best-kept secrets
• the secrets of staying healthy
• He made no secret of his ambition.
• He spent much of his childhood here, learning the secrets of the woods.
• Shall we let him in on the secret?
• The location of the ship is a closely guarded secret.
• They hope to unlock the secrets of the universe.
• trade/official/State secrets

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin secretus (adjective) ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’.