OPEN SECRET

Meaning of OPEN SECRET in English

a secret that so many people know it is no longer a secret It is an open secret that he will be leaving the company next month.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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 — n. Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. It is an open secret that Mary …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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
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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

English Idioms vocab

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