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undercover en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From under + cover.

Meanings

  1. Performed or happening in secret.
  2. Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.

Forms

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most undercover Degree=Sup lexicographic
more undercover Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

undercover car

Relateds

cloak-and-dagger

Synonyms

clandestine

Translations (36)

eo kaŝa (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · tr saman altından (Performed or happening in secret) · tr gizli kapaklı (Performed or happening in secret) · tr gizlice (Performed or happening in secret) · fi vakoilu- (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · pt encoberto (Performed or happening in secret) · es secreto (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · ro clandestin (Performed or happening in secret) · el μυστικός (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · es incógnito (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · vi nằm vùng (Performed or happening in secret) · bg таен (Performed or happening in secret) · el κρυφός (Performed or happening in secret) · el μυστικός (Performed or happening in secret) · fr secret (Performed or happening in secret) · eo sekreta (Performed or happening in secret) · ro sub acoperire (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · it sotto copertura (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · fr secret (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · eo inkognita (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · es encubierto (Performed or happening in secret) · de heimlich (Performed or happening in secret) · fr clandestin (Performed or happening in secret) · el αφανής (Performed or happening in secret) · es de incógnito (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · pt encoberta (Performed or happening in secret) · ro sub acoperire (Performed or happening in secret) · it clandestino (Performed or happening in secret) · tr gizli saklı (Performed or happening in secret) · fi salainen (Performed or happening in secret) · de verdeckt (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation) · vi bí mật (Performed or happening in secret) · ro secret (Performed or happening in secret) · eo kaŝa (Performed or happening in secret) · es clandestino (Performed or happening in secret) · bg под прикритие (Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation)

undercover en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From under + cover.

Meanings

  1. A person who works undercover.
    • Then there's the heterosexual, open-mined ^([sic]) entourage who loves us dearly and are our best friends. They laugh at our humor and understand our sorrow. For they are rare and unique in prison. But the vipers always ruin things. They refer to our straight friends as "Closet-Cases," "Undercovers," and "Flip-Floppers." 1990 December 16, Gianni Comes, “Not Just Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 4:

Forms

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undercovers Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (6)

bg таен агент (A person who works undercover) · fr agent secret (A person who works undercover) · cmn 卧底 (A person who works undercover) · eo inkognito (A person who works undercover) · el μυστικός πράκτορας (A person who works undercover) · eo sekreta agento (A person who works undercover)

undercover en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From under + cover.

Meanings

  1. To provide too little coverage.
    • To oversimplify, if black males age 20 to 29 are undercovered by 50 percent, then the first stage sampling weights for black males age 20 to 29 are doubled to properly sum to known population totals. 2004, Gary Orfield, Dropouts in America: confronting the graduation rate crisis, page 116:
    • The estimates of bias reported here depend on the assumption that 6- to 14-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as children 0 to 14 years old and that 16- to 17-year-olds were undercovered at the same rate as 16- to 19-year-olds. 2000, Robin R. Henke, Phillipp Kaufman, Stephen P. Broughman, Kathryn Chandler, Issues related to estimating the home-schooled population in theUnited States with national household survey data, →ISBN:

Forms

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undercovers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
undercovered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
undercovered Tense=Past lexicographic
undercovering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic