[kəʊˈvəːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not openly acknowledged or displayed
(e.g: covert operations against the dictatorship)


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Origin:
Middle English (in the general senses ‘covered’ and ‘a cover’): from Old French, ‘covered’, past participle of covrir (see cover)

[ˈkʌvət], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thicket in which game can hide

- a feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird

- a flock of coots
(e.g: it is a good omen when a covert of coots have taken to any particular locality)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the general senses ‘covered’ and ‘a cover’): from Old French, ‘covered’, past participle of covrir (see cover)