disclose
to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
to cause to appear; allow to be seen; lay open to view: In spring the violets disclose their fragrant petals.
Obsolete. to open up; unfold.
Obsolete. disclosure.
Origin of disclose
1synonym study For disclose
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Opposites for disclose
Other words from disclose
- dis·clos·er, noun
- pre·dis·close, verb (used with object), pre·dis·closed, pre·dis·clos·ing.
- self-dis·closed, adjective
- un·dis·closed, adjective
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How to use disclose in a sentence
By April 2009, Obama was preparing to disclose those images.
The Detainee Abuse Photos Obama Didn’t Want You To See | Noah Shachtman, Tim Mak | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll reportedly agreed on the need to disclose the matter the following day.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations | Malcolm Byrne | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuper PACs, unlike politically active nonprofits, must disclose their donors to the FEC in regular filings.
Mystery Man Buys Kentucky for the GOP | Center for Public Integrity | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome residents took to the secret-sharing app Whisper to disclose their biggest fears.
‘I’m Flipping Out’: Dallas Residents’ Worst Ebola Fears | The Daily Beast | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe groups, nonprofits exempt from paying taxes, are not required to disclose their donors in Kansas and most other states.
Millions in Dark Money Has Taken Over the Airwaves in Kansas | Center for Public Integrity | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
There are others who disclose a special susceptibility to the more simple effects of pathos.
Children's Ways | James SullyA bill and note broker who does not disclose the principal's name is liable like other agents as a principal.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesBy the help of Heaven or earth, she would find out this secret that he refused to disclose to her.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodOn the 28th of March 1642 he was sent to the Tower for having failed to disclose to parliament the Kentish petition.
Sometimes the breeze would fan aside a leaf cluster to disclose a jocund skull secured to the bark behind.
Menotah | Ernest G. Henham
British Dictionary definitions for disclose
/ (dɪsˈkləʊz) /
to make (information) known
to allow to be seen; lay bare
Derived forms of disclose
- discloser, noun
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