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secrecy — se|cre|cy [ sikrəsi ] noun uncount a situation in which you keep something secret, or the process of keeping something secret: Discussions were to take place in total secrecy. shrouded/cloaked/veiled in secrecy: The Iraqi contract was shrouded in … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
secrecy — UK [ˈsiːkrəsɪ] / US [ˈsɪkrəsɪ] noun [uncountable] a situation in which you keep something secret, or the process of keeping something secret Discussions were to take place in total secrecy. shrouded/cloaked/veiled in secrecy: The Iraqi contract… … English dictionary
secrecy — se|cre|cy [ˈsi:krəsi] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: secretie secrecy (15 16 centuries), from secre secret (14 16 centuries), from Old French secré, from Latin secretus; SECRET1] 1.) the process of keeping something secret, or when something is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
secrecy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, total ▪ great, strict, utmost ▪ excessive ▪ government … Collocations dictionary
be shrouded in mystery — be shrouded in secrecy/mystery/ phrase to be very secret or mysterious They were a shadowy secret society, whose activities were shrouded in mystery. Thesaurus: secret, secretive and in secretsynonym Main entry: shroud … Useful english dictionary
shroud — shroud1 [ʃraud] n [: Old English; Origin: scrud] 1.) a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person s body before it is buried 2.) literary something that hides or covers something ▪ The fog rolled in, and a grey shroud covered the city. shroud of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shroud — I UK [ʃraʊd] / US noun [countable] Word forms shroud : singular shroud plural shrouds 1) a piece of cloth that is wrapped around a dead body before it is buried 2) mainly literary something that covers or hides something A shroud of darkness hung … English dictionary
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