OPEN SECRET

Meaning of OPEN SECRET in English

n. Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. It is an open secret that Mary and John are engaged. Who will be appointed as the next president of the college is an open secret.

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OPEN SECRET — noun Date: 1828 a supposedly secret but generally known matter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPEN SECRET — noun : a matter that is ostensibly secret but generally known
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPEN SECRET — something supposedly secret but actually known quite generally. [ 1875-80 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPEN SECRET — secret which has been revealed, uncovered secret
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OPEN SECRET — Date: 1828 : a supposedly secret but generally known matter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPEN SECRET — Function: noun Date: 1828 : a supposedly secret but generally known matter
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OPEN SECRET — ■ noun a supposed secret that is in fact known to many people.
Concise Oxford English vocab
OPEN SECRET — [open secret] n (1828): a supposedly secret but generally known matter
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPEN SECRET — ( open secrets) If you refer to something as an open secret , you mean that it is supposed to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN SECRET — (~s) If you refer to something as an ~, you mean that it is supposed to be a secret, but …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OPEN SECRET — {n.} Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. * /It is an open secret that …
Slang English vocab
OPEN SECRET — {n.} Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. * /It is an open secret that …
Словарь английских идиом
OPEN SECRET — a secret that so many people know it is no longer a secret It is an open secret that he …
English Idioms vocab
OPEN SECRET — секрет Полишинеля; секрет, известный всем "секрет", известный всем, общеизвестный "секрет"
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN SECRET — «секрет», известный всем, общеизвестный «секрет»
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPEN SECRET — секрет Полишинеля; секрет, известный всем
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OPEN SECRET — «секрет», известный всем, общеизвестный «секрет»
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OPEN SECRET — «секрет», известный всем, общеизвестный «секрет»
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN SECRET — секрет полишинеля
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OPEN SECRET — секрет полишинеля
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OPEN SECRET — секрет Полишинеля; секрет, известный всем
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OPEN SECRET — секрет Полишинеля; секрет, известный всем
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
OPEN SECRET — что-либо известное всем, хотя должно было быть тайной "секрет Полишинеля"
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
OPEN SECRET — секрет Полишинеля
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
OPEN SECRET — "секрет Полишинеля"
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
OPEN SECRET — секрет Полишинеля; секрет, известный всем "секрет", известный всем, общеизвестный "секрет"
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SECRET
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPEN — I. ˈōpən, esp before consonants -p ə m adjective ( opener -p(ə)nə(r) ; openest -p(ə)nə̇st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SECRET — — secretly , adv. — secretness , n. /see"krit/ , adj. 1. done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPEN — — openly , adv. — openness , n. /oh"peuhn/ , adj. 1. not closed or barred at the time, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SECRET — I. ˈsē-krət adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French secré, secret, from Latin secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPEN — I. ˈō-pən, -p ə m adjective ( open·er ˈōp-nər, ˈō-pə- ; open·est ˈōp-nəst, ˈō-pə-) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SECRET — vt to keep secret. 2. secret ·adj separate; distinct. 3. secret ·adj a thing not discovered; what is unknown or …
Webster English vocab
OPEN — vi to bark on scent or view of the game. 2. open ·adj produced by an open string; as, an …
Webster English vocab
SECRET — [se.cret] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L secretus, fr. pp. of secernere to separate, distinguish, fr. se- apart + cernere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPEN — [open] adj open.er ; open.est [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG offan open, OE up up] (bef. 12c) 1: having …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SECRET — secret BrE AmE ˈsiːk rət -rɪt ▷ secret|s s ▶ ˌ secret ˈ agent BrE AmE ▶ ˌ secret po …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SECRET — / ˈsiːkrət; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. secret (from sb) known about by only a few people; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN — / ˈəʊpən; NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective NOT CLOSED 1. allowing things or people to go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SECRET — I. se ‧ cret 1 S3 W2 /ˈsiːkrət, ˈsiːkrɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ secrecy , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPEN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SECRET — adj. & n. --adj. 1 kept or meant to be kept private, unknown, or hidden from all or all but …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPEN — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SECRET — adj. & n. adj. 1 kept or meant to be kept private, unknown, or hidden from all or all but …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPEN — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SECRET — adj. & n. --adj. 1. kept or meant to be kept private, unknown, or hidden from all or all but …
Oxford English vocab
OPEN — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1. not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SECRET — ( secrets) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is secret …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN — ( opens, opening, opened) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SECRET
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SECRET — [adjective]The President escaped through a secret passage underneath the parliament building.When they are released, the hostages will be taken to …
Cambridge English vocab
SECRET — Synonyms and related words : abstract, abstruse, arcane, arcanum, beclouded, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, blind, buried, by stealth, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN — I. adjective 1. not closed or obstructed escaped through the open gate Synonyms: patent, unclosed, unobstructed Related Word: agape, dehiscent, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECRET — I. noun 1 sth that must not be known by others ADJECTIVE ▪ big , great ▪ little ▪ closely …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SECRET — See ↑ PRIVATE 1, ↑ SECRET 1,2,3,6, ↑ WAY 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be an open secret • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
SECRET
Longman Activator English vocab
OPEN — INDEX: 1. to open a door, window, box etc 2. when a door or window opens 3. an open door …
Longman Activator English vocab
OPEN — See ↑ AVAILABLE/NOT AVAILABLE 2, ↑ COMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL 4, ↑ FASTEN/UNFASTEN 2, ↑ FREE 4, ↑ HIDE 11, ↑ HONEST 2, …
Longman Activator English vocab
SECRET — n. 25B6; adjective a secret plan : CONFIDENTIAL, top secret, classified, undisclosed, unknown, private, under wraps; informal hush-hush; formal sub …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN — n. 25B6; adjective the door's open : NOT SHUT, not closed, unlocked, unbolted, unlatched, off the latch, unfastened, unsecured; ajar, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECRET — adj. 1 concealed, hidden, private, covert, shrouded, clandestine; confidential, covert, quiet, under cover, secretive, unpublishable, unpublished, Colloq hush-hush There is …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

American Idioms English vocabulary

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