STEALTH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of stealth in English

(Definition of stealth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of stealth from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of stealth

stealth
We're including startups that came out of stealth or opened to the public as launching this year as well.
Dog, it turns out, is pretty good at stealth.
From TIME
There are also indications of a stealth revival in the subprime mortgage market.
You couldn't say the crime is being committed by stealth.
To maintain stealth, the exploits contained highly obfuscated code that avoided infecting visitors running certain types of security software.
Sure we build stealth bombers, aircraft carriers and submarines to the tune of billions of dollars.
From CNN
But it has only just emerged from stealth and begun to shop its security software around.
A special polyethylene glycol coating further adds to the "stealth" effect of the nanoparticles and keeps them from clumping up.
From Phys.Org
It pursued a "stealth strategy" of backroom negotiations, supporting huge new subsidies to win over big polluters.
From TIME
These massive expectations made its launch much higher stakes than if it been in stealth mode.
Much of the trouble was with stealth games in general.
Stealth games are not very good, as a rule.
From Wired
The age-old question about which superpower one would choose unveils a preference for either showboating or stealth.
Others are suspicious that it is a stealth plan to strengthen government's regulatory hand.
From The Hill
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Translations of stealth

in Chinese (Traditional)
偷偷摸摸, 秘密行動, 不聲張的活動…
in Chinese (Simplified)
偷偷摸摸, 秘密行动, 不声张的活动…
in Spanish
sigilo, cautela…
in Portuguese
atuação furtiva, disfarce…
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gizlilik, sessiz ve hissettirmeden yapılan davranış, gizli hareket…
(à la) dérobée…
heimelijkheid…
potají…
list…
tindakan mengendap-endap…
การทำลับ ๆ…
sự lén lút, rón rén…
podstęp…
[i] smyg…
secara senyap…
die Heimlichkeit…
det å snike seg, i smug…
те, що робиться нишком, крадькома…
действия украдкой, втихомолку…
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