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# secret

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

«secret» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A secret is something you keep hidden and do not tell others. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/#m3)

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

"Secret arts" are the hidden tricks of Egypt's magicians. "In secret" means wrongdoing done where nobody sees.

**Interpretation.** The curse against striking a neighbour "in secret" is read as a warning against slander and hidden harm. Tradition says God sees what people do in secret.

### Examples

- Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. (Torah DEU.27.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/secret/#x1)
- And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/secret/#x2)
- Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts. (Torah EXO.7.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/secret/#x3)
- For He knoweth the secrets of the heart. (Writings PSA.44.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/secret/#x4)
- 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.' (Writings PRO.9.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/secret/#x5)
- Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another; (Writings PRO.25.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/secret/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «secret» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/secret/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«secret» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/secret.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «secret» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/secret/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«secret» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/secret.html) on Mova free.