To be extremely secret about it. Meeting in another small town; getting separate rooms in a large hotel; not letting on you know the person if you are at same event they are. In other words, short of having the odd "squeak between the sheets" you don't know each other out in public or at the workplace. Being discreet in business means you know basically when to keep your mouth shut about certain things and if you are confided in the person that told you expects you to keep that confidence. Same goes for family and friends.
It comes from the verb to be discreet. An indiscretion is something someone did that was not discreet.
The words discrete and discreet are pronounced in the same way and share the same origin but they do not mean the same thing. Discrete means 'separate,' as in a finite number of discrete categories, while discreet means 'careful and circumspect,' as in you can rely on him to be discreet .
This information is very Discreet. discreet news were leaked.
The homophone for discreet is discrete.
"Discreet" is an adjective.
(discreet means like secretive, or circumspect)Trying to be discreet, I slipped the note into his locker.Hotels that host celebrities will often be discreet about their guests' actions.A discreet inquiry was made about the boy's family situation at home.
DiscReet Records was created in 1973.
DiscReet Records ended in 1979.
I really was hoping for a more discreet answer.
The prefix for "discreet" is "dis-", which means "apart" or "away."
Noun forms for the adjective discreet are discreetnessand discretion.
The noun forms of the adjective 'discreet' are discreetness and discretion.