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state secrets

state secrets is the plural of state secret.

Meaning of state secret

Noun

state secret (plural state secrets)

  1. Information which pertains to the affairs of a country, access to which is restricted by the government.
    • I'll tell you one great State secret: the Queen, sensible how much she was governed by the late Ministry, runs a little into t'other extreme, and is jealous in that point.1711, The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift, ch. 2: Letter 16
  2. (broadly, humorous) Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.

Questions about state secrets

What is state secrets the plural of?
State secrets is the plural of state secret.

Words near state secrets in the dictionary

  1. state religion
  2. state religions
  3. state school
  4. state schools
  5. state secret
  6. state secrets
  7. state socialism
  8. state socialisms
  9. state socialist
  10. state socialists
  11. state space

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