disclose

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkləʊz/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  2. verb disclose to view as by removing a cover

Etymology

From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unwrap, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
tell
Narrower (hyponyms)
out, spring, blackwash, blow, reveal, come out of the closet

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