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形容詞

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.

   NSA's report on the Liberty incident was originally classified top secret.

2. A level of security clearance needed to access such information.
3. (figuratively) Pertaining to any especially sensitive closed-room activities.

   Steve Jobs set up a top secret team to design the Macintosh.

別の表記

• top-secret

等位語

名詞

top secret (plural top secrets)

1. A secret that is classed as "top secret"; top-secret information.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see top,‎ secret.

Further reading

• classified information on Wikipedia.Wikipedia