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covert::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | concealment, cover, screen |
| Type of | covering |
| Has types | shoji, blind, camouflage, stalking-horse |
the brush provided a covert for game.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | flock |
covert::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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a woman covert.
covert::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | covertness |
covert actions by the CIA.
covert funding for the rebels.
Examples of covert
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We cannot win in Afghanistan while Pakistan gives covert support to the Taliban.
From the theaustralian.com.au
It seems he's either lost his mind or is the victim of a covert action campaign.
From the time.com
The climax of the book, a covert operation in Iran, is flaccid and unconvincing.
From the washingtontimes.com
The Guardian in 2003 revealed the firm had set up a pair of covert BVI entities.
From the guardian.co.uk
For me the golden key is a four A, which is more likely to covert to good GCSEs.
From the guardian.co.uk
Legally, it will be a deniable covert action which will put the CIA in the lead.
From the smallwarsjournal.com
The nastiness Amy Levy faced would have been more covert, but no less effective.
From the guardian.co.uk
In American political debate, the words covert and secret have lost all meaning.
From the time.com
Detecting covert consciousness in a vegetative state is not what it sounds like.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
- A flock of coots
- (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert"
- Screen: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
- (covertly) in a covert manner; "he did it covertly"
- (covertness) hiddenness: the state of being covert and hidden
- Secrecy (also called clandestinity or furtiveness) 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.
- B. V. Covert and Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Lockport, New York from 1901-1907. The company started as a manufacturer of steam-powered cars, but later switched to gas-powered vehicles. Some Coverts were exported to England as Covert-Jacksons.
- A covert feather on a bird is one of a set of feathers, called coverts, which as the name implies, cover other feathers. The coverts help to smooth airflow over the wings and tail.
