hidden
Americanadjective
verb
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- half-hidden adjective
- hiddenly adverb
- hiddenness noun
- unhidden adjective
- well-hidden adjective
Etymology
Origin of hidden
First recorded in 1540–50, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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Yet that indiscriminate selling may be masking some hidden value.
From Barron's
None of them, even once, had said, “This is ridiculous! Walkie-talkies? Mirrors hidden in books? We’ll look like fools!”
From Literature
There was a pool of fresh water to drink and a waterfall to slide down, and, in a hidden hollow where the grasslands met the white shell beach, there was—“A place for a hut!”
From Literature
Our route through quiet corridors reveals the hidden strains of this war: just one newborn gurgling in a cot, and one woman in labour.
From BBC
Tube passengers were targeted in a text message scam using homemade "SMS blasters" hidden inside suitcases, a court heard.
From BBC
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