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# secret

«secret» in Mova's school dictionary: **something you keep hidden and do not tell others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (secret, secrets); adjective (secret); adverb (secretly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A secret is something you keep hidden and do not tell others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#m1)

2) Secret means hidden or known by only a few people: «a secret door». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#m2)

3) The secret of something is the special way to do it well: «the secret of a good cake». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a hidden or unknown number: «a secret number» to find; in safety: good secrets (a surprise party) are fine to keep, but bad secrets that make you feel scared or unsafe should be told to a trusted adult; in stories: secret passages, secret codes, secret agents; phrases: «keep a secret», «tell a secret», «in secret», «top secret»

### examples

- I think of a secret number, add 4 and get 11. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x1)
- Find the secret number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x2)
- The secret code has 3 digits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x3)
- She kept the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x4)
- We planned a secret birthday party for Dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x5)
- If a secret makes you feel bad, tell a trusted adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x6)
- The old house had a secret passage behind the bookcase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x7)
- The secret of good bread is patience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x8)
- They met in secret behind the shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x9)
- I will not tell your secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#x10)

### note

A secret number is unknown: undo the steps backwards (add 4 and get 11 → 11 − 4 = 7). Safety: a surprise is a good secret that ends soon; never keep secrets about being hurt. A code of 3 digits 0–9 has 1,000 possibilities.

### In the corpora

- [A PIN is the secret number that proves the card is yours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/3/)
- [Gambling is against the law under 18, and a child should never keep a grown-up's gambling or money worries secret.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/18/)
- [A polling station is a place, often a school or church hall, where people vote in secret in a small booth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/9/)
- [Voting is secret, so nobody has to tell anyone how they voted, not even their own family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/10/)
- [Good secrets are about timing, like a surprise party that ends in a happy moment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «secret» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.