"top secret" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} top secret (not comparable)
  1. (military, government) 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. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Government, Military Translations (information classified at the highest level): 絕對機密 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝对机密 (juéduì jīmì) (Chinese Mandarin), 絕密 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝密 (juémì) (Chinese Mandarin), přísně tajné [neuter] (Czech), topgeheim (Dutch), huippusalainen (Finnish), ultra-secret (French), top-secret (French), streng geheim (German), άκρως απόρρητο (ákros apórrito) (Greek), 極秘 (gokuhi) (Japanese), topphemmelig (Norwegian Bokmål), ściśle tajny [masculine] (Polish), ultrassecreto [masculine] (Portuguese), соверше́нно секре́тный (soveršénno sekrétnyj) (Russian), совсекре́тный (sovsekrétnyj) [colloquial] (Russian), prísne tajné [neuter] (Slovak), ultrasecreto (Spanish), kvalhemlig (Swedish), ลับสุดยอด (Thai), çok gizli (Turkish), надсекре́тний (nadsekrétnyj) (Ukrainian), tối mật (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-top_secret-en-adj-7IZOXp7t Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'information classified at the highest level': 73 20 7
  2. A level of security clearance needed to access such information. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-top_secret-en-adj-22Q97DnZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 49 13 10 1
  3. (figuratively) Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-top_secret-en-adj-eEKJSIgX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: top-secret Coordinate_terms: classified, confidential, restricted, SCI, secret, sensitive, TSSCI

Noun [English]

Forms: top secrets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} top secret (plural top secrets)
  1. A secret that is classed as "top secret"; top-secret information.
    Sense id: en-top_secret-en-noun-Np7Rc~n7
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see top, secret.
    Sense id: en-top_secret-en-noun-I4fFM88R

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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