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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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secret

/ˈsiːkrɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈsiːkrɪt/

secret

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

sec - ret -> secret

Myanmar meaning

(adj) လျို့ဝှက် (n) လျို့ဝှက်ချက်

Full entry

secret /'si:krǝt/ adj

၁။ ~ (from sb ) လျှို့ဝှက်သော။ a secret marriage/document/meeting ❍ keep sth secret from one's family ❍ Secret talks were held between the government and the rebel leaders.
၂။ လျှို့ဝှက်။ တိတ်တိတ် ပုန်း။ a secret drinker ခွက်ပုန်းသမား။ ❍ I'm a secret fan of soap operas on TV.
၃။ (fml ) လျှို့ဝှက်သော။ သိုသိပ်သော။ သိုဝှက်သော။
၄။ လျှို့ဝှက်။ my secret hideaway in the country.
n
၁။ လျှို့ဝှက်ချက်။ keep a secret (ie not tell it to anyone else) ❍ The wedding date's a big secret. ❍ Shall we let him in on (ie tell him) the secret? ❍ He made no secret of his dislike for me (ie made it very clear).
၂။ သော့ချက်။ ကွန်ချက်။ What's the secret of your success? ❍ The secret of good design is simplicity.
၃။ လျှို့ဝှက်ချက်။ the secrets of creation/nature.
❏ in secret [IDM ] လျှို့လျှို့ဝှက်ဝှက်။ တိတ်တဆိတ်။ တိတ်တိတ်ကလေး။ meet in secret ❍ leave the country in secret.
❏ secret agent (also agent ) n သူလျှို။
❏ secret ballot n လျှို့ဝှက်မဲ။ လျှို့ဝှက်မဲပေးခြင်း။ elected by secret ballot.
❏ secretly adv : He posted the letter secretly.
❏ secret police n [pl v ] လျှို့ဝှက်ရဲ။
❏ secret service n (usu sing ) နိုင်ငံ၏ ထောက်လှမ်းရေးနှင့် တန်ပြန်ထောက်လှမ်းရေးဌာန။

More examples

He was accused of selling business secrets to competitors.
I can’t tell you what she said – it’s a secret.
Your secret is safe with me (=I will not tell anyone).
The secret is out (=everyone knows about it).
It cannot remain a secret much longer.
[keep a secret] : Can you promise to keep a secret?
[keep something a secret (from someone)] : Mandela kept his work a secret from the prison authorities.
[let someone in on a secret] : Listen, I’ll let you in on a little secret.
What secrets of the universe will the new telescope reveal?
She always looks so slim – I wish I knew her secret.
The secret is always to warm the pot before putting in the tea.
[secret of] : The secret of our success is having highly skilled staff.

Synonyms

clandestine, covert, underground, top secret, undisclosed, surreptitious, furtive, hush-hush, cloak-and-dagger, closet, abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, backdoor, backstairs, buttoned up, camouflaged, cipher, classified, classified information, close, clouded, code, confidence, confidential, confidential information, conspiratorial, covered, cryptic, dark, deep, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, enigma, enigmatical, esoteric, formula, hidden, in ambush, incognito, inside, key, magic number, mysterious, mystery, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, on the QT, oracle, out-of-the-way, password, private, privileged information, puzzle, recondite, restricted, reticent, retired, riddle, secluded, secretive, shrouded, skeleton in cupboard, skeleton in the cupboard, sly, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, strange, sub-rosa, surprise, top-secret, unacknowledged, under false pretense, under one's hat, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, underhanded, unenlightened, unfrequented, unintelligible, unknown, unpublished, unrevealed, unseen, veiled

Antonyms

aboveboard, advertise, announce, annunciate, appareling, apparent, bare, be a source of, be in touch, be on the air, be out of breath, blow, break, breathe, bring word, broadcast, burst out, busted up, cabled, chime in, chronicle, chuffed, circularize, circulate, clear, colorcast, come across with, come out with, come to pass, communicate, cry, cry up, cut and run, deal out, dealing out, defined, diffused, dig up, disciplined, disciplining, disconfirm, disconfirming, dispense, draw in, dug up, explicit, feather nest, fin, finished off, fit out, fitting out, forerunning, foretoken, foretokening, fork out, forthright, fractured, fracturing, get away, get on soapbox for, get through, give, give a pointer, give a tip, give away, give facts, give out, give pointer, give rundown, give the lowdown, give up, give with, go beyond, go on the air, go on the airwaves, hawking, headlining, heave, herald, hit upon

Cross references

clandestine covert underground top secret undisclosed surreptitious furtive hush-hush cloak-and-dagger closet abstruse ambiguous arcane backdoor backstairs buttoned up camouflaged cipher classified classified information close clouded code confidence confidential confidential information conspiratorial covered

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