secret
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
How often you will meet it
Rank 585 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 33,356 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
secret in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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In his secret heart Angus liked the lad's courage.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Perhaps the secret of this was that his "pleasure" was never merely his own.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Wounded, she kept the secret of her wound, hung her head, and said nothing.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He had discovered a new and secret method of transformations that was unknown to any other Sorcerer.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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She would have a long day for courtship and for talk of plans which she was keeping secret from little Jason.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1