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Reveal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Reveal has 3 senses
- reveal(v = verb.perception) bring out, uncover, unveil - make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" is one way to show
- reveal(v = verb.communication) break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, unwrap - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" is one way to tell
- reveal(v = verb.perception) Array - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" is one way to break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun revealing1, noun revelation2
Sample sentence:
They Reveal that there was a traffic accident
Derived forms noun revelation4, noun revelation3, adjective revelatory2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Reveal, v. t. [F. révéler, L. revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re- re- + velare to veil; fr. velum a veil. See Veil.].
- To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show. [1913 Webster]"Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,
She might not, would not, yet reveal her own." [1913 Webster] - Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency). [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover; open; discover; impart; show.
Reveal, n.
- A revealing; a disclosure. [1913 Webster]
- The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Reveal, v.tr.
1 display or show; allow to appear.
2 (often as revealing adj.) disclose, divulge, betray (revealed his plans; a revealing remark).
3 tr. (in refl. or passive) come to sight or knowledge.
4 Relig. (esp. of God) make known by inspiration or supernatural means.
1 display or show; allow to appear.
2 (often as revealing adj.) disclose, divulge, betray (revealed his plans; a revealing remark).
3 tr. (in refl. or passive) come to sight or knowledge.
4 Relig. (esp. of God) make known by inspiration or supernatural means.
Idiom
revealed religion a religion based on revelation (opp. natural religion).
Derivative
revealable adj. revealer n. revealingly adv.
Reveal, n. an internal side surface of an opening or recess, esp. of a doorway or window-aperture.
Etymology
obs. revale (v.) lower f. OF revaler f. avaler (as RE-, VAIL)
THESAURUS
Reveal
affect, air, argue, bare, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, betray, brandish, break it to, break the news, break the seal, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to light, bring to notice, characterize, clear, come out with, communicate, confide, confide to, connote, dangle, demonstrate, denominate, denote, deobstruct, develop, differentiate, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, dismask, display, divulgate, divulge, dramatize, draw the veil, embody, enact, entail, evidence, evince, evulgate, excavate, exhibit, exhume, expose, expose to view, express, ferret out, fish up, flaunt, flourish, free, give, give evidence, give out, give sign, give token, give vent to, highlight, hint, identify, illuminate, impart, incarnate, indicate, involve, lay bare, lay open, leak out, let daylight in, let get around, let in on, let on, let out, let slip, make clear, make known, make plain, manifest, mark, materialize, mean, note, open, open up, out with, parade, patefy, perform, present, produce, publish, raise the curtain, represent, roll out, root up, set forth, show, show forth, show up, signify, spotlight, stand for, strip bare, suggest, symptomatize, symptomize, tell, testify, token, trot out, turn up, unblock, uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unearth, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unpack, unplug, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop, unveil, unwrap, utter, vent, ventilate, wave, worm outROGET THESAURUS
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Disclosure
VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.
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