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covert

/ˈkʌvət/adjective

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गुप्त, छिपा हुआ, प्रच्छन्न

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adjective
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    formal

    secret or hidden, making it difficult to notice

    गुप्त, छिपा हुआ, प्रच्छन्न

    • a covert military operation
    • covert surveillance of the suspect
    • The police ran a covert operation to catch the gang of smugglers.
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    • She cast a covert glance at the answer sheet of the student beside her.
    • The company was accused of covert payments to local officials.

    Synonyms secret hidden clandestine undercover furtive

    Opposite overt open public undisguised

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Keep the secret words together: covert, clandestine (secret, often illegal), surreptitious (done quickly and secretly), furtive (shifty), undercover (working secretly, of police).

गुप्तता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: covert, clandestine (गुप्त, प्रायः गैरकानूनी), surreptitious (जल्दी और चुपके से किया गया), furtive (चोरी-छिपे), undercover (गुप्त रूप से काम करने वाला, पुलिस के लिए)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Covert operation, covert action.

Collocations: covert operation (गुप्त अभियान), covert action (चुपचाप की गई कार्रवाई)। Covert का मतलब है छिपा हुआ, जिसे दूसरों से गुप्त रखा गया हो। इसका opposite overt है।