Definition of hidden
1 : being out of sight or not readily apparent : concealed
2 : obscure, unexplained, undisclosed
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Examples of hidden in a Sentence
There was a hidden flaw in the airplane's design.
the hidden costs in buying a home
Recent Examples of hidden from the Web
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On the hidden costs of being cheap: My mother was parsimonious with tips and quick to complain about everything from smokers at a nearby table to the quality of the salad dressing.
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Landscapers discovered skeletal human remains hidden by brush alongside a wooded Palmetto Bay nature trail this week.
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Kids of all ages can create their perfect wand, find hidden Horcruxes throughout the library, and play quidditch.
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But some people who live near the tracks are concerned that quiet zones pose a hidden danger.
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Held at the Remington Club in Rancho Bernardo, parents were educated on everything from the importance of monitoring their child’s online activities to how to find hidden applications on cellphones and computers.
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Each with a cash prize pool of $25,000, the datathons test small teams of undergraduate and graduate students by asking them to glean hidden insights from huge datasets made from a mix of proprietary and public data.
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What the world’s physicists have wanted for almost 30 years is any sign of phenomena called supersymmetry, which has hovered just out of reach like a golden apple, a promise of a hidden mathematical beauty at the core of reality.
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But are there hidden fees consumers should look for?
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First Known Use of hidden
13th century
HIDDEN Defined for English Language Learners
hidden
playDefinition of hidden for English Language Learners
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: not seen or known
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: not easily found or recognized
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