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UK
/kəʊvˈɜːt/
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[ US /ˈkoʊvɝt/ ]
[ US /ˈkoʊvɝt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
covert actions by the CIA
covert funding for the rebels -
(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
a woman covert
NOUN
- a flock of coots
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a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
a screen of trees afforded privacy
under cover of darkness
the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
the brush provided a covert for game
How To Use covert In A Sentence
- The greatest bar to women's participation was the common-law principle of coverture, although it should be noted that the status and authority of married women in plebeian families likely permitted them a good deal of behind-the-scenes involvement in any legal matters confronting their families. Gutenber-e Help Page
- And maybe she used to be a Democrat (though my experience is that the coverted are always the most rabid). Hilary Rosen: Harriet and her Friend
- I dunno," said the plaguesome boy, looking at the address covertly. Janice Day at Poketown
- covert actions by the CIA
- Instead, all the clifty defiles of the ranges were filled with the roar of flames and the crackling of burning timbers as town after town was given to the firebrand, and the homeless, helpless Cherokees frantically fleeing to the densest coverts of the wilderness, -- that powerful truculent tribe! The Frontiersmen
- Terrorists have been operating covertly in England for several years.
- No one doubts, however, that it does maintain covert agents and does use monetary pay-offs to gain influence in the country.
- In flight, black axillaries contrast with white under-wing coverts.
- Religion is often made the covert of crime.
- I especially liked Hans Brauer (Darby on Sons of Anarchy) as the supposedly hard-assed covert agent who folded like a little kid once he discovered This is Not a Game. Checkmate : Bev Vincent
