top secret

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top secret

adjective top-secret

  1. not comparable Information classified at one of the highest levels of sensitivity by a government, based on an assessment that it would cause exceptionally grave damage to national security if disclosed. NSA's report on the Liberty incident was originally classified top secret.
  2. not comparable A level of security clearance needed to access such information.
  3. figuratively, not comparable Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities. Steve Jobs set up a top secret team to design the Macintosh.

noun top secrets

  1. A secret that is classed as "top secret"; top-secret information.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see top, secret.

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adj information classified at the highest level

Españolultrasecreto, altamente confidencial
日本語極秘 gokuhi
中文絕對機密 /绝对机密 juéduì jīmì, 絕密 /绝密 juémì
हिन्दीअतिगुप्त atigupt
Portuguêsultrassecreto
Françaisultra-secret, top-secret
Deutschstreng geheim
Ελληνικάάκρως απόρρητο ákros apórrito
Русскийсоверше́нно секре́тный soveršénno sekrétnyj, совсекре́тный sovsekrétnyj
Tiếng Việttối mật

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@misc{top_secret_2026,
  title = {top secret},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/top%20secret},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}