Secret Definition–adjective | 1. | done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations. |
| 2. | kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged: a secret password. |
| 3. | faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent. |
| 4. | designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation: a secret drawer; the secret police. |
| 5. | secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn: a secret hiding place. |
| 6. | beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric. |
| 7. | (of information, a document, etc.) | a. | bearing the classification secret. |
| b. | limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified. |
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–noun | 8. | something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed. |
| 9. | a mystery: the secrets of nature. |
| 10. | a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent. |
| 11. | a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few: the secret of happiness; a trade secret. |
| 12. | a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material. Compare classification
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| 13. | (initial capital letter ) Liturgy. a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface. |
—Idiom| 14. | in secret, unknown to others; in private; secretly: A resistance movement was already being organized in secret. |
From DictionaryRecipe Definition–noun | 1. | a set of instructions for making or preparing something, esp. a food dish: a recipe for a cake. |
| 2. | a medical prescription. |
| 3. | a method to attain a desired end: a recipe for success. |
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