English > reveal: 3 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Model | They reveal that there was a traffic accident |
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| Example | "The actress won't reveal how old she is" |
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| Synonyms | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover |
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| Cause to | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
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| Entailed by | sell someone out | Give information that compromises others |
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| Narrower | betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally |
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| blackwash | Bring (information) out of concealment |
| blow | Cause to be revealed and jeopardized |
| come out of the closet, out, come out | To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality |
| confide | reveal in private |
| leak | tell anonymously |
| muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures |
| out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle |
| reveal | disclose directly or through prophets |
| spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out | divulge confidential information or secrets |
| spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly / unexpectedly |
| Broader | tell | Let something be known |
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| Similar to | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
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| Spanish | declarar, descubrir, desvelar, divulgar, exponer, manifestar, revelar |
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| Catalan | declarar, desvelar, divulgar, manifestar, revelar |
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| Nouns | revealing | the speech act of making something evident / evident |
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| revelation | an enlightening or astonishing disclosure |
