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re·veal 1

 (rĭ-vēl′)
tr.v. re·vealed, re·veal·ing, re·veals
1.
a. To make known (something concealed or unknown): She revealed that she was pregnant. The study revealed the toxic effects of the pollutant.
b. To cause to be seen; show: The curtains parted, revealing a ballerina. The x-ray revealed a broken bone.
2. To make known by supernatural or divine means: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven" (Romans 1:18).
n.
The making known of an important, secret, or salient occurrence, such as the revealing of a major development, plot twist, or visual effect in a movie: "Seeing [the Wiz] in human form in the first act diminishes the power of the reveal in the second" (Bob Verini).

[Middle English revelen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre : re-, re- + vēlāre, to cover (from vēlum, veil).]

re·veal′a·ble adj.
re·veal′er n.
re·veal′ment n.

re·veal 2

 (rĭ-vēl′)
n.
1.
a. The part of the side of a window or door opening that is between the outer surface of a wall and the window or door frame.
b. The whole side of such an opening; the jamb.
2. The framework of a motor vehicle window.

[From Middle English revalen, to lower, from Old French revaler : re-, re- + avaler, to lower (from a val, down : a, to from Latin ad; see ad- + val, valley; see vale1).]
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reveal

(rɪˈviːl)
vb (tr)
1. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to disclose (a secret); divulge
2. to expose to view or show (something concealed)
3. (Theology) (of God) to disclose (divine truths) either directly or through the medium of prophets, etc
n
(Architecture) architect the vertical side of an opening in a wall, esp the side of a window or door between the frame and the front of the wall
[C14: from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre to unveil, from re- + vēlum a veil]
reˈvealable adj
reˌvealaˈbility n
reˈvealer n
reˈvealment n
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re•veal1

(rɪˈvil)

v.t.
1. to make known; divulge: to reveal a secret.
2. to lay open to view; display.
n.
3. an act or instance of revealing.
[1325–75; Middle English revelen < Middle French reveler < Latin revēlāre to unveil]
re•veal′er, n.

re•veal2

(rɪˈvil)
n.
1. the part of the jamb of a window or door opening between the outer wall surface and the window or door frame.
2. the whole jamb of an opening between the outer and inner surfaces of a wall.
[1815–25; earlier revale, appar. ultimately < French ravaler to hollow out a recess in a wall]
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reveal

  • French-cut - Underwear cut high on the sides to reveal the upper thigh.
  • reveal - Based on Latin re-, "again," and velum, "veil," meaning "lifting of a veil."
  • disbosom - To reveal or confess.
  • patefy - To reveal or disclose.
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reveal


Past participle: revealed
Gerund: revealing

Imperative
reveal
reveal
Present
I reveal
you reveal
he/she/it reveals
we reveal
you reveal
they reveal
Preterite
I revealed
you revealed
he/she/it revealed
we revealed
you revealed
they revealed
Present Continuous
I am revealing
you are revealing
he/she/it is revealing
we are revealing
you are revealing
they are revealing
Present Perfect
I have revealed
you have revealed
he/she/it has revealed
we have revealed
you have revealed
they have revealed
Past Continuous
I was revealing
you were revealing
he/she/it was revealing
we were revealing
you were revealing
they were revealing
Past Perfect
I had revealed
you had revealed
he/she/it had revealed
we had revealed
you had revealed
they had revealed
Future
I will reveal
you will reveal
he/she/it will reveal
we will reveal
you will reveal
they will reveal
Future Perfect
I will have revealed
you will have revealed
he/she/it will have revealed
we will have revealed
you will have revealed
they will have revealed
Future Continuous
I will be revealing
you will be revealing
he/she/it will be revealing
we will be revealing
you will be revealing
they will be revealing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been revealing
you have been revealing
he/she/it has been revealing
we have been revealing
you have been revealing
they have been revealing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been revealing
you will have been revealing
he/she/it will have been revealing
we will have been revealing
you will have been revealing
they will have been revealing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been revealing
you had been revealing
he/she/it had been revealing
we had been revealing
you had been revealing
they had been revealing
Conditional
I would reveal
you would reveal
he/she/it would reveal
we would reveal
you would reveal
they would reveal
Past Conditional
I would have revealed
you would have revealed
he/she/it would have revealed
we would have revealed
you would have revealed
they would have revealed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.reveal - make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"
show - make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
disclose, expose - disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
excavate, unearth - recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
trot out - bring out and show for inspection and admiration; "His novel trots out a rich heiress"; "always able to trot out some new excuse"
unfold - open to the view; "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings"
2.reveal - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secretreveal - 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"
blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment
muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"
blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
out - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
come out of the closet, out, come out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"
spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"
get around, get out, break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"
betray, bewray - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially
leak - tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"
babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
3.reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"
disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break - 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"
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reveal

verb
1. make known, disclose, give away, make public, tell, announce, publish, broadcast, leak, communicate, proclaim, betray, give out, let out, impart, divulge, let slip, let on, take the wraps off (informal), blow wide open (slang), get off your chest (informal) She has refused to reveal her daughter's whereabouts.
make known keep secret, hide, conceal, cover up, keep quiet about, sweep under the carpet (informal)
2. show, display, bare, exhibit, unveil, uncover, manifest, unearth, unmask, lay bare, bring to light, expose to view A grey carpet was removed to reveal the pine floor.
show hide, conceal, cover up
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

reveal

verb
1. To disclose in a breach of confidence:
Informal: spill.
Archaic: discover.
2. To make visible; bring to view:
Archaic: discover.
Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain.
3. To make manifest or apparent:
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Translations
يُري، يُظْهِر، يَكْشِفيَكْشِفيَكْشِفُ عن
odhalitprozraditvyjevit
afsløreafdække
paljastama
paljastaa
לגלותלחשוף
otkriti
afhjúpasÿna, láta sjást
明らかにする
드러내다
atidengtidaug sakantispamokantis
atklātatsegt
razkriti
avslöjauppenbara
เปิดเผย
tiết lộ

reveal

[rɪˈviːl] VT
1. (= uncover) → revelar, dejar al descubierto
2. (= show) [survey, test] → poner de manifiesto; (= make public) [person] → revelar; [+ feelings] → exteriorizar
I cannot reveal to you what he saidno puedo revelarte or contarte lo que dijo
on that occasion he revealed great astutenessen aquella ocasión desplegó gran astucia
he revealed himself to be or asdemostró ser ...
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

reveal

[rɪˈviːl] vt
(= make known) [+ details, information, plan, secret, truth, identity] → révéler
to reveal that ... → révéler que ...
It was revealed that the driver had a criminal record → Il a été révélé que le conducteur avait un casier judiciaire.
[study, survey, research, results] → révéler
to reveal that ... → montrer que ...
Research revealed that age makes no difference → Les recherches montrent que l'âge n'entre pas en ligne de compte.
(= make visible) → révéler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

reveal

vt
(= make visible)zum Vorschein bringen; (= show)zeigen; stripping off the wallpaper revealed an old friezeunter der Tapete war ein alter Fries zum Vorschein gekommen; a nightdress that revealed her slender figureein Nachthemd, das ihre schlanke Gestalt abzeichnete; a neckline that revealed her bosomein Ausschnitt, der ihren Busen freigab
(= make known) truth, factsenthüllen, aufdecken; one’s/sb’s identityzu erkennen geben, enthüllen; name, detailspreisgeben, verraten; ignorance, knowledgeerkennen lassen; to reveal the (full) extent of somethingetw völlig or in seinem vollen Umfang aufdecken or klarmachen; I cannot reveal to you what he saidich kann Ihnen nicht verraten, was er gesagt hat; he revealed himself as being …er verriet sich als …; (deliberately) → er gab sich als … zu erkennen; he could never reveal his feelings for herer konnte seine Gefühle für sie nie zeigen; what does this reveal about the motives of the hero?was sagt das über die Motive des Helden aus?; Nixon reveals allNixon packt aus (inf); the doctor did not reveal to him how hopeless his situation wasder Arzt hat ihn nicht darüber aufgeklärt, wie hoffnungslos sein Zustand war
(Rel) → offenbaren (to sb jdm)
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reveal

[rɪˈviːl] vt (make known) → rivelare, svelare; (uncover, hidden object) → scoprire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

reveal

(rəˈviːl) verb
1. to make known. All their secrets have been revealed.
2. to show; to allow to be seen. He scraped away the top layer of paint from the picture, revealing an earlier painting underneath.
reˈvealing adjective
allowing or causing something to be known or seen. a revealing statement.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

reveal

يَكْشِفُ عن prozradit afsløre enthüllen φανερώνω revelar paljastaa révéler otkriti rivelare 明らかにする 드러내다 onthullen avsløre ujawnić revelar открывать avslöja เปิดเผย açıklamak tiết lộ 展现
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We shall therefore very minutely lay open those previous matters by which it was produced; and for that purpose we shall be obliged to reveal all the secrets of a little family with which my reader is at present entirely unacquainted; and of which the oeconomy was so rare and extraordinary, that I fear it will shock the utmost credulity of many married persons.
When from dark error's subjugation My words of passionate exhortation Had wrenched thy fainting spirit free; And writhing prone in thine affliction Thou didst recall with malediction The vice that had encompassed thee: And when thy slumbering conscience, fretting By recollection's torturing flame, Thou didst reveal the hideous setting Of thy life's current ere I came: When suddenly I saw thee sicken, And weeping, hide thine anguished face, Revolted, maddened, horror-stricken, At memories of foul disgrace.
Some day it may seem worth while to take up the story of the younger ones again and see what sort of men and women they turned out to be; therefore it will be wisest not to reveal any of that part of their lives at present.
Dimmesdale noted all these minute particulars, even while firmly convinced that the doom of his existence was stealing onward, in the footsteps which he now heard; and that the gleam of the lantern would fall upon him in a few moments more, and reveal his long-hidden secret.
After listening for several minutes she became convinced that no more than two or three rifles were engaged in the fight, since nothing approximating the sound of a volley reached her ears; but still she hesitated to approach, and at last, determining to take no chance, she climbed into the concealing foliage of a tree beside the trail she had been following and there fearfully awaited whatever might reveal itself.
d'Avrigny, which he now examined so closely; it was doubtless a miracle from heaven, that, notwithstanding her precautions, there should be some trace, some proof remaining to reveal the crime.
"And now, in token of candor, I ask you to reveal to me your chief passion," said the latter.
Virginia could see that the creature who bore her was not deformed of body, but she shrank from the thought of what a sight of his face might reveal. How much longer the two could fight off the horde at their heels the girl could not guess; and as a matter of fact she was indifferent to the outcome of the strange, running battle that was being waged with herself as the victor's spoil.
But the artistic temperament that they create, or at any rate reveal, is still more to me.
The first is as to how far it is trustworthy; the second is as to whether, even granting that it reveals no radically different STUFF from that revealed by what might be called external perception, it may not reveal different RELATIONS, and thus acquire almost as much importance as is traditionally assigned to it.
To me individually, to my heart has been revealed a knowledge beyond all doubt, and unattainable by reason, and here I am obstinately trying to express that knowledge in reason and words.
Now the truth itself was revealed to me--revealed in the chance words that had just reached my ears.