ANONYMOUS | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of anonymous in English anonymousadjective uk /əˈnɒn.ɪ.məs/ us /əˈnɑː.nə.məs/ Add to word list Add to word list C2 made or done by someone whose name is not known or not made public: The money was donated by an anonymous benefactor. Police said an anonymous caller warned that a bomb was about to go off. An attempt to implant an embryo using an egg from an anonymous woman donor was unsuccessful. He received an anonymous letter threatening to disclose details of his affair if he didn't pay the money. For reasons of personal safety, the informant wishes to remain anonymous. having no unusual or interesting features: He has a rather anonymous face.

• An anonymous letter alerted police to the possibility of a terrorist attack at the airport.
• An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
• Thanks to a large gift from an anonymous donor, the charity was able to continue its work.
• After years of research, scholars have finally ascribed this anonymous play to Christopher Marlowe.
• An anonymous tipster has leaked confidential government information to the press.

Secrecy and privacy

• anonymity
• anonymization
• anonymize
• anonymously
• anti-secrecy
• dissimulate
• dissimulation
• down-low
• draw someone aside
• entre nous
• official secret
• on the quiet idiom
• privacy
• privacy settings
• private
• under wraps idiom
• underground economy
• undisclosed
• unrevealed
• unseal

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anonymously (Definition of anonymous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

anonymous | American Dictionary

anonymousadjective [ not gradable ] us /əˈnɑn·ə·məs/ Add to word list Add to word list (made or done by someone) with a name that is not known or not made public: an anonymous donor an anonymous gift

anonymously

adverb us /əˈnɑn·ə·mə·sli/ The donation was made anonymously. (Definition of anonymous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of anonymous

anonymous I would like to thank the anonymous reviewer for providing me with the idea and source of these two paintings. From the Cambridge English Corpus We thank the patients who participated in this study and three anonymous assessors. From the Cambridge English Corpus Also, two anonymous readers of an earlier draft, who stimulated its substantial revision. From the Cambridge English Corpus We appreciate useful comments from the anonymous referee. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, the participant/ sample were anonymous to the study team. From the Cambridge English Corpus I am grateful to an anonymous referee for drawing my attention to these valuable contributions to the coercion literature. 17. From the Cambridge English Corpus The author is grateful to an anonymous reviewer for clarification on this point. From the Cambridge English Corpus Moreover, and as an anonymous referee also correctly noted, the use of concrete and abstract adjectives is not well motivated and may even seem spurious. From the Cambridge English Corpus We thank an anonymous reviewer for helping us to see the result this way. From the Cambridge English Corpus They are all neutral and anonymous places where people do not really meet each other but remain strictly passengers or passers-by. From the Cambridge English Corpus Finally, thanks are extended to an anonymous referee for careful reading of the paper and helpful comments. From the Cambridge English Corpus Finally, we thank an anonymous referee whose detailed comments helped to improve the presentation of the paper. From the Cambridge English Corpus On this account, anonymous living organ donation is clearly an altruistic act. From the Cambridge English Corpus There should be anonymous reporting systems or a designated committee to handle such information and establish appropriate safeguards against repercussions. From the Cambridge English Corpus A similar proposal was made by one of the anonymous reviewers. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of anonymous These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of anonymous?

Translations of anonymous

in Chinese (Traditional) 匿名的, 不知姓名的, 名字不公開的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 匿名的, 不知姓名的, 名字不公开的… See more in Spanish anónimo, común, anónimo/ma [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese anônimo, comum, anônimo/-ma [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian निनावी, अनामिक… See more 匿名の, 匿名（とくめい）の… See more isimsiz, anonim, kimliği bilinmeyen… See more anonyme… See more anònim… See more anoniem… See more பெயர் தெரியாத அல்லது பகிரங்கப்படுத்தப்படாத ஒருவரால் உருவாக்கப்பட்டது அல்லது செய்யப்பட்டது… See more अनाम, बेनाम, गुमनाम… See more અનામી, નનામું… See more anonym, ukendt… See more anonym… See more tanpa nama… See more anonym… See more anonym, ukjent… See more نامعلوم, پوشیدہ… See more анонімний… See more అజ్ణాత… See more বেনামী, অজ্ঞাতপরিচয়… See more anonymní… See more tanpa nama… See more นิรนาม… See more khuyết tên… See more anonimowy… See more 익명의… See more anonimo… See more Need a translator?

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