NOUN | communication | revelation, disclosure, revealing | the speech act of making something evident / evident |
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cognition | revelation | an enlightening or astonishing disclosure | |
communication | revelation, divine revelation | communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency | |
communication | Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation | the last book of the New Testament |
Sounds | reh.vahley'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The speech act of making something evident / evident. | |
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Synonyms | disclosure, revealing | |
Narrower | discovery | Something that is discovered |
discovery | (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case | |
display | behavior that makes your feelings public | |
divulgence, divulgement | The act of disclosing something that was secret or private | |
exposure | The disclosure of something secret | |
giveaway | An unintentional disclosure | |
informing, ratting | To furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | |
leak, news leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information | |
tattle, singing, telling | disclosing information or giving evidence about another | |
Broader | speech act | The use of language to perform some act |
Spanish | descubrimiento, destape, divulgación, revelación | |
Catalan | divulgació, revelació |
Meaning | An enlightening or astonishing disclosure. | |
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Broader | insight, brainstorm, brainwave | The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation |
Spanish | revelación | |
Catalan | revelació | |
Verbs | reveal | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
Meaning | communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency. | |
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Synonym | divine revelation | |
Broader | informing, making known | A speech act that conveys information |
Spanish | revelación | |
Verbs | reveal | disclose directly or through prophets |
Meaning | The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle. | |
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Synonyms | Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation | |
Category of | Four Horsemen | (New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world |
Instance of | book | A major division of a long written composition |
Part of | New Testament | The collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation |
Spanish | apocalipsis, Apocalipsis, Revelación | |
Catalan | apocalipsi, Apocalipsi, Revelació | |
Verbs | reveal | disclose directly or through prophets |
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