BE AN OPEN SECRET

Meaning of BE AN OPEN SECRET in English

if sth is an open secret , many people know about it, although it is supposed to be a secret

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BE AN OPEN SECRET — See ↑ KNOW/NOT KNOW 9
Longman Activator English vocab
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
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
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
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged 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
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
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
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
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
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
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
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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
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
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
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
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
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
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
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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
OPEN — adj. 1 ajar, gaping, agape, unfastened, unlocked, unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unclosed Come on in - the door is open 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SECRET — 1. сущ. 1) секрет, тайна; загадка, необъяснимое to be in the secret ≈ быть посвященным в тайну to betray, blurt …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN — 1. прил. 1) а) открытый with open eyes ≈ с открытыми глазами; перен. сознательно, учитывая все последствия an open door …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BE — гл. 1) иметь место как факт, существовать, случаться а) существовать как факт в объективной реальности быть; быть живым, жить Tyrants …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SECRET — secret.ogg 1. ʹsi:krıt n 1. секрет, тайна dead secret - глубокая тайна a military secret - военная тайна an open …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPEN — 1. ʹəʋpən n 1. открытое место, пространство 2. ( обыкн. Open) турнир типа «опен» ( открытый для любителей и профессионалов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BE — be.ogg bi: (полная форма); bı (редуцированная форма) v ( ед. ч. was, мн. ч. were; been; наст. вр. 1-е л. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPEN — 1) безлопаточный 2) беспалубный 3) вскрывать 4) гласный 5) наружный 6) начальный 7) начинать 8) электр. незамкнутый 9) незаросший 10) незаштрихованный 11) открываться 12) открытый 13) развальный 14) размыкать 15) разомкнутый 16) раскрытый 17) распечатывать 18) светлый 19) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SECRET — 1. ʹsi:krıt n 1. секрет, тайна dead secret - глубокая тайна a military secret - военная тайна an open secret …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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