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adjective
- 1. not openly acknowledged or displayed: "covert operations against the dictatorship"
noun
- 1. a thicket in which game can hide.
- 2. a feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird.
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The meaning of COVERT is not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled. How to use covert in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Covert.
noun [ C ] uk / ˈkʌv.ət / us / ˈkʌv.ɚt /. a group of bushes and small trees growing close together in which animals can hide, especially from people or other animals hunting them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
hidden or secret: covert actions. The government was accused of covert military operations against the regime. Opposite. overt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. kept hidden from other people. secret The spies had a secret meeting. covert The government was accused of covert military operations.
Covert definition: concealed or disguised; secret. See examples of COVERT used in a sentence.
Covert means secret or hidden. Soldiers might take part in a covert mission to infiltrate an enemy camp — and you might take part in a covert mission to steal your brother's leftover Halloween candy.
A covert is a group of small trees or bushes very close to each other where small animals or game birds can hide.
Definition of covert adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define covert. covert synonyms, covert pronunciation, covert translation, English dictionary definition of covert. adj. 1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels.
Covert Definition. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown. Covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. Concealed, hidden, disguised, or surreptitious. A covert threat.
adjective. uk / ˈkəʊvɜːt / us. Add to word list. done in a secret way: covert police operations. covertly. adverb. (Definition of covert from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of covert. in Chinese (Traditional) 隱蔽的, 隱秘的, 秘密的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 隐蔽的, 隐秘的, 秘密的… See more. in Spanish.
