The meaning of Latent

adjective

Kept secret; hidden.

Usage examples:

A concealed weapon

verb

Not allow to be seen; hide.

Usage examples:

A line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea

adjective

Kept hidden or where it cannot easily be seen

Usage examples:

The robbery had been recorded on a concealed security camera., he was carrying a concealed weapon.,…

adjective

Not openly acknowledged or displayed.

Usage examples:

Covert operations against the dictatorship

noun

A thicket in which game can hide.

Usage examples:

I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.

adjective

Hidden or secret

Usage examples:

Covert military operations

adjective

(of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Usage examples:

Dormant butterflies

adjective

(of things) not active or growing, but having the ability to be active at a later time

Usage examples:

A dormant volcano, most roses being sold now are dormant, and without any soil around their roots.

adjective

Not active or growing now, but having the ability to become active in the future

Usage examples:

Authorities reopened a dormant investigation of the company., lie/remain/sit dormant the legislatio…

adjective

Past participle of hide1.

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

Usage examples:

He hid the money in the house

adjective

Used to describe costs that are not normally included in the original price of something, or are not normally considered when judging something

Usage examples:

Hidden charges/costs/extras, hidden fees/penalties, there are the hidden costs of climate change th…

adjective

So slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived.

Usage examples:

His head moved in an almost imperceptible nod

adjective

Not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity.

Usage examples:

An inactive lifestyle

adjective

Doing nothing

Usage examples:

Knee surgery will keep him physically inactive for two months., about half of the club members are …

adjective

Doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done

Usage examples:

An inactive member of an advisory board, voters who have not participated in an election in three y…

adjective

Impossible to see or clearly distinguish.

Usage examples:

An indiscernible shape among the shadows

adjective

Impossible to see, see clearly, or understand

Usage examples:

An indiscernible change/shape/reason

adjective

Lacking the ability or strength to move.

Usage examples:

She lay inert in her bed

adjective

Not moving or not able to move

Usage examples:

The inert figure of a man lay in the front of the car., an inert gas

adjective

Unable to be seen.

Usage examples:

This invisible gas is present to some extent in every home

noun

Invisible exports and imports.

Usage examples:

Our balance of payments got progressively worse and nz started to borrow overseas to bridge the gap…

adjective

Impossible to see

Usage examples:

Invisible bacteria can lead to food poisoning., she was so unimportant in their lives that she was …

adjective

Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush.

Usage examples:

The trumpet fish is a lurking predator

verb

Be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.

Usage examples:

A ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness

adjective

A lurking feeling exists, although it may not be very strong, and will not go away

Usage examples:

I have some lurking doubts about whether simon is really capable of doing this job., she said she h…

adjective

Wearing a mask on all or part of the face.

Usage examples:

A raid by masked gunmen

verb

Cover (the face) with a mask.

Usage examples:

He had been masked, bound, and abducted

adjective

Wearing a mask

Usage examples:

Suddenly two masked gunmen burst into the shop and demanded all the cash in the till.

adjective

In a state or period of inactivity or dormancy.

Usage examples:

Strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent

adjective

Not visible or in evidence.

Usage examples:

The insidious, unapparent build-up of stress

adjective

Not easy to see, recognize, or understand

Usage examples:

Two thirds of the patients may already have been suffering mild, clinically unapparent lung disease…

adjective

Not discovered.

Usage examples:

The novel had lain undiscovered for years among his papers

adjective

Not discovered or known about

Usage examples:

The ruins of the church lay undiscovered until 1948., she regards herself as an artist of great but…

adjective

(of a thought or feeling) not communicated or made known.

Usage examples:

He thought it best to leave his doubts unexpressed

adjective

Not revealed; secret.

Usage examples:

Some feelings can run so deep that they are better left unrevealed

adjective

Not revealed (= made known or shown)

Usage examples:

Some details are unrevealed., an unrevealed number of staff have been disciplined.

adjective

Not seen or noticed.

Usage examples:

It seemed she might escape unseen

noun

An unseen passage for translation.

Usage examples:

Latin unseens

verb

Erase the memory of or no longer register (something unpleasant or distasteful that one has seen or noticed).

Usage examples:

When you realize that she bleached her eyebrows, you really can't unsee it

adjective

(of a resource) not yet exploited or used.

Usage examples:

The vast untapped potential of individual women and men

adjective

(of a supply of something valuable) not yet used or taken advantage of

Usage examples:

The country’s forests are largely untapped resources.

adjective

If the supply of something valuable is untapped, it has not started to be used

Usage examples:

There is a wealth of untapped demand for their products., he sees a huge untapped market for cuttin…

adjective

Not being, or never having been, used.

Usage examples:

Any unused equipment will be welcomed back

adjective

Not being used at present, or never having been used

Usage examples:

The stationary exercise bike sits unused in the basement.

adjective

Wearing or covered by a veil.

Usage examples:

A veiled woman

verb

Cover with a veil.

Usage examples:

She veiled her face