reveal

[ ri-veel ]

verb (used with object)

1. to make known; disclose; divulge:

   to reveal a secret.

   Synonyms: proclaim, announce, tell, impart, publish, unveil

   Antonyms: hide, conceal

2. to lay open to view; display; exhibit.

   Synonyms: proclaim, announce, tell, impart, publish, unveil

   Antonyms: hide, conceal

noun

1. an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
2. Architecture.
   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.
3. the framework or edge of an automobile window.

reveal

/ rɪˈviːl /

verb

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. (of God) to disclose (divine truths) either directly or through the medium of prophets, etc

noun

1. 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

Derived Forms

• reˈvealment, noun
• reˌvealaˈbility, noun
• reˈvealable, adjective
• reˈvealer, noun

Other Words From

• re·veala·ble adjective
• re·veala·bili·ty re·veala·ble·ness noun
• re·veal·ed·ly [ri-, vee, -lid-lee, -, veeld, -], adverb
• re·vealer noun
• re·vealing·ly adverb
• re·vealing·ness noun
• re·vel·a·tive [ri-, vel, -, uh, -tiv, rev, -, uh, -ley-], adjective
• half-re·vealed adjective
• nonre·vealing adjective
• prere·veal verb (used with object)
• self-re·vealed adjective
• unre·veala·ble adjective
• unre·vealed adjective
• unre·vealing adjective
• unre·vealing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of reveal¹

First recorded in 1325–75; (verb) Middle English revelen, from Middle French reveler, from Latin revēlāre “to unveil” ( re-, veil ); reveal ( indefs 4, 5 ) derivative of obsolete revale “to lower,” from Old French revaler ( re- re- + (a)valer “to lower,” verbal derivative of the phrase à val “down”; vale )

Word History and Origins

Origin of reveal¹

C14: from Old French reveler , from Latin revēlāre to unveil, from re- + vēlum a veil

Synonym Study

Reveal, disclose, divulge share the meaning of making known something previously concealed or secret. To reveal is to uncover as if by drawing away a veil: The fog lifted and revealed the harbor. To disclose is to lay open and thereby invite inspection: to disclose the plans of an organization. To divulge is to communicate, sometimes to a large number of people, what was at first intended to be private, confidential, or secret: to divulge the terms of a contract.

Example Sentences

One of the more surprising and radical reveals of the night was the idea of a “structural battery.”

From Fortune

Tesla is welcoming in-person visitors to its Fremont factory on Battery Day, apparently hoping to show off its new manufacturing process and other big reveals in person.

From Fortune

As the reveal of the Hummer approaches, the company is opening up about other aspects of its new BEV brigade.

From Ars Technica

In the run-up to the big reveal, Musk has allowed some glimpses at the company’s technology.

From Fortune

Most of the words that follow aren’t necessary to see why the reveal of Unreal Engine 5, an Epic Games video game graphics engine set for release in 2021, blew up the internet last week.

From Singularity Hub 

If the ball gets in the hole, the screen shifts to reveal the next hole.

From The Daily Beast

King agreed to this arrangement but did not reveal it to his followers.

From The Daily Beast

Aromas reveal more with the warmth, while the cold dulls them.

From The Daily Beast

Those same studies unsurprisingly reveal widespread distrust of police officers among sex workers.

From The Daily Beast

This reveal is only the latest of several surrounding The Interview.

From The Daily Beast

Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

In both conditions chemic tests will show hemoglobin, but in the latter the microscope will reveal the presence of red corpuscles.

From Project Gutenberg

A fearsome thunderstorm or howling tornado of dust might reveal her fickleness of mood at any moment.

From Project Gutenberg

After this Aristide learned much of her simple history, which she, at first, had been too shy to reveal.

From Project Gutenberg

In that sudden awakening had occurred the very psychological climax required to reveal the passionate emotion accumulated below.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• acknowledge
• admit
• affirm
• announce
• concede
• confess
• declare
• divulge
• explain
• expose
• inform
• publish
• report
• tell