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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.
adjective. us / ˈkoʊ.vɝːt / uk / ˈkəʊ.vɜːt / Add to word list. 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.
7 meanings: 1. concealed or secret 2. law → Compare feme covert, discovert 3. a shelter or disguise 4. a thicket or woodland.... Click for more definitions.
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. Covert is the opposite of overt, which means obvious, or in full view. Covert things are hidden, private, or stealthy.
covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
Definition of covert adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Discover everything about the word "COVERT" in English: meanings, translations, synonyms, pronunciations, examples, and grammar insights - all in one comprehensive guide.
Britannica Dictionary definition of COVERT. [more covert; most covert] : made, shown, or done in a way that is not easily seen or noticed : secret or hidden. a covert glance/look. He has taken part in a number of covert military operations. spy agencies taking covert action. — opposite overt.
Definition of covert – Learner’s Dictionary. covert. 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.
