secret

secret
1 /'si:krit/ adjective
1 known about by only a few people and kept hidden from others: secret passage/hideout/hiding place etc: Rosie took them to a secret hideout in the woods. | secret diplomacy/negotiations/meetings etc: She's had secret meetings with him behind your back. | keep sth secret: They kept their marriage secret until last year.
—see also: top­secret
2 (only before a noun) secret feelings or actions are ones that you do not want other people to know about: I still have my secret fears about his intentions. | a secret admirer: Did you know you had a secret admirer? | a secret drinker/smoker: the watery eyes of a secret drinker
3 secret about sth liking to keep things secret; secretive
— secretly adverb: They were secretly married last week. 2 noun (C)
1 something kept hidden or known about by only a few people: Our plans must remain a secret. | keep a secret (=not tell a secret to anyone): Can you keep a secret? | let sb in on the secret (=tell someone a secret) | closely-guarded secret (=one that is carefully kept)
2 the secret of a particular way of achieving a good result, that is the best or only way: the secret to making good bread | the secret of success: What do you think is the secret of her success?
3 in secret in a private way or place that other people do not know about: Lilian cried in secret, afraid to tell anyone.
4 make no secret of to make your opinions about something clear: Howard made no secret of his disappointment.
5 the secrets of nature/the universe etc the things no one yet knows about nature etc

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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