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For decades, the men at Area 51 thought they'd take their secrets to the grave. At the height of the Cold War, they cultivated anonymity while pursuing some of the country's most covert projects. Conspiracy theories were left to popular imagination.
Annie Jacobsen

Meaning of "covert" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COVERT

From Old French: covered, from covrir to cover.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COVERT

covert  [ˈkʌvət] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COVERT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Covert can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COVERT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

covert

Secrecy

Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency. Secrecy is sometimes considered of life or death importance. U.S. soldier at camp during World War II.

Definition of covert in the English dictionary

The first definition of covert in the dictionary is concealed or secret. Other definition of covert is a shelter or disguise. Covert is also a thicket or woodland providing shelter for game.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COVERT


Calvert
ˈkælvət
culvert
ˈkʌlvət
discovert
dɪsˈkʌvət
divot
ˈdɪvət
grovet
ˈɡrɒvət
Kilvert
ˈkɪlvət
lovat
ˈlʌvət
millisievert
ˈmɪlɪˌsiːvət
pivot
ˈpɪvət
semiprivate
ˌsemɪˈpraɪvət
sievert
ˈsiːvət
undercovert
ˈʌndəˌkʌvət

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COVERT

covered
covered market
covered wagon
coverer
covering
covering fire
covering letter
coverless
coverlet
Coverley
covermount
covers
coversed sine
coversine
covert cloth
covert coat
covertly
covertness
coverture

WORDS THAT END LIKE COVERT

advert
avert
controvert
convert
couvert
divert
evert
extravert
extrovert
feme covert
introvert
invert
overt
pervert
retrovert
revert
subvert
tail covert
vert
wing covert

Synonyms and antonyms of covert in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COVERT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «covert» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of covert

Translation of «covert» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COVERT

Find out the translation of covert to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of covert from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «covert» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

秘密的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secreto
570 millions of speakers

English

covert
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скрытая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

velado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুপ্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

secret
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rahsia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

versteckt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

秘密の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비밀의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Covert
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bí mật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரகசிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रकट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nascosto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukryta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прихована
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sub acoperire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκεκαλυμμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geheime
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

covert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjult
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of covert

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERT»

The term «covert» is very widely used and occupies the 20.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «covert» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «covert» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about covert

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10 QUOTES WITH «COVERT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word covert.
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Breyten Breytenbach
In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.
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Frank Carlucci
I wouldn't even know - and I spent three years in the CIA - I wouldn't even know how you'd start a covert action program in a place like Iran. It would be extraordinarily difficult.
3
Frank Church
In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally misleading the American public.
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Frank Church
The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.
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Ralph Ellison
Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
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Michael Hayden
There is no part of the executive branch that more exists on the outer edge of executive prerogative than the American intelligence community - the intelligence community, CIA, covert action. My literal responsibility as director of CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval, to inform.
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Michael Hayden
My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval; to inform.
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Mikko Hypponen
Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame are not normal, everyday malware, of course. All three of them were most likely developed by a Western intelligence agency as part of covert operations that weren't meant to be discovered. The fact that the malware evaded detection proves how well the attackers did their job.
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Annie Jacobsen
For decades, the men at Area 51 thought they'd take their secrets to the grave. At the height of the Cold War, they cultivated anonymity while pursuing some of the country's most covert projects. Conspiracy theories were left to popular imagination.
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Bianca Jagger
I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COVERT»

Discover the use of covert in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to covert and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob
Discusses the three years the author spent as an undercover agent infiltrating the New Jersey mob, the trouble he had adjusting to "real life" after closing the case and testifying before Congress, and his second career as a referee for the ...
Bob Delaney, 2009
2
Covert Persuasion: Psychological Tactics and Tricks to Win ...
This book is a treasure trove of ideas you can use to turn a 'no' into a 'yes' almost instantly-in any sales situation.
Kevin Hogan, James Speakman, 2011
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Feet to the Fire: CIA Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957-1958
Draws on declassified documents and many interviews with CIA and Indonesian participants, to reconstruct the delicate, dangerous game played by American intelligence agents throughout Indonesia in this period.
Kenneth J. Conboy, James Morrison, 1999
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Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue ...
It also became intimately entangled with the CIA during the most volatile days of the Cold War. The story of the IRC is a fascinating and little-known aspect of recent U.S. history.
Eric Thomas Chester, 1995
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Covert Operations: The Medieval Uses of Secrecy
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book In Covert Operations, Karma Lochrie brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open.
Karma Lochrie, 2012
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Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards: U.S. Covert Action and ...
This book will be of interest to students and general readers interested in political science, national security, foreign policy, and military policy.
Roy Godson, 2011
7
Coherent Madness: Effective Defense Against Covert Warfare
(Virtually banned in the west.
Mukazo Mukazo Vunda, 2008
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Smart Exercise: Burning Fat, Getting Fit
A popular fitness expert presents a complete program for exercising and training that refutes widespread weight-loss fallacies while explaining how to lower body fat and improve health
Covert Bailey, 1995
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Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency
Daugherty addresses the public perception of the CIA as a rogue agency that initiates unsanctioned, risky, covert action programs. The 17-year veteran operations officer with the CIA produces evidence to disprove this notion.
William J. Daugherty, 2006
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A Guide to Understanding Covert Channel Analysis of Trusted ...
Provides a set of good practices related to covert channel analysis of systems employed for processing classified and other sensitive information.
DIANE Publishing Company, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COVERT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term covert is used in the context of the following news items.
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Excel Formula to covert a credit amount to a debit amount
QuickBooks transfers Vendor data records as all credits whether it is a payment or a bill. I want to make the bills display as a debit. I can't figure ... «PC Review.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
BUCK-TICK to covert all the 20 albums into High-Resolution audio!
BUCK-TICK to covert all the 20 albums into High-Resolution audio! 2015-07-08. Pick up+. RSS · Home > Pick up+ > BUCK-TICK to covert all ... «MusicJapanplus, Jul 15»
3
Subtly needed to stop 'covert aggression'
(In a group of women, conflict resolution is most successful when it's as covert as female aggression — as in, not recognizable as fighting back.) ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
4
Motorcyclist killed in crash identified
The two-vehicle crash happened about 7:15 a.m. The motorcyclist, identified by the state police as 27-year-old Christopher Covert of Rochester ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Sunday TV: Covert Affairs, London bombings film and conclusion to …
Sunday TV: Covert Affairs, London bombings film and conclusion to ... As we head into the final season of Covert Affairs, it's fun to remember ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Educationist plays down history textbook error, denies 'covert
This should not be assumed to be a covert agenda of the Education Ministry to spread such ideologies. That is not their intention and such an ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
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NSA's Covert Tool for 'Easy' Sensitive Data Spying Revealed
NSA's Covert Tool for 'Easy' Sensitive Data Spying Revealed. 403 Total views. Share and Get bitcoin. Share this article and get reward for ... «CoinTelegraph, Jul 15»
8
Covert state aggression and international law
The situation becomes complex when there is covert collaboration between state and violent non-state elements for carrying out insurgencies ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»
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Gear Review: UTG Covert Carry Ambi Messenger Bag
The styling and color is patently tacticool, like the ironic use of covert in its name. It's got five zippered compartments of various sizes, two ... «Guns.com, Jul 15»
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Covert police cameras catch three boys allegedly placing rocks on …
Covert motion-activated cameras captured three boys placing large rocks upon the rail lines near the Sparks Road overpass about 3pm on ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»

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