A2verb · transitive · common

reveal

re·veal

reveal · reveals · revealed · revealing

показувати, виявляти, розкривати, з'ясовувати

показывать, раскрывать, выявлять

enthüllen, offenbaren

To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknownTo uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.

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UK/ɹɪˈviːl/US/ɹɪˈvil/

» I threatened to reveal his secret.

Я угрожал раскрыть его секрет.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.
c. 1625, Edmund Waller, Of the Danger His Majesty (being Prince) Escaped in the Road at St Andero Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, / She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
enthüllen
выявля́тьvyjavljátʹ, раскрыва́тьraskryvátʹ, пока́зыватьpokázyvatʹ
розкриватиrozkryvaty, виявлятиvyjavljaty, показуватиpokazuvaty
(transitive)To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
offenbaren

More definitions

disclose directly or through prophets
make manifest
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Examples

520 sentences

I threatened to reveal his secret.
ruЯ угрожал раскрыть его секрет.
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He revealed the secret to her.
ruОн открыл ей свой секрет.
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All their secrets have been revealed.
deAlle ihre Geheimnisse wurden enthüllt.
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She revealed her secret to us.
ruОна раскрыла нам свой секрет.
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She revealed the secret to him.
ruОна открыла ему секрет.
deSie offenbarte ihm das Geheimnis.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to uncover:

Русский

By meaning 1

to uncover:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to uncover:

to communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction:

Origin

From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, unc

From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).

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Forms

reveals, revealing, revealed, revealed

Base form	reveal · to reveal
3rd person singular	reveals
Present participle	revealing
Past simple	revealed
Past participle	revealed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	reveal
he, she, it	reveals

Past simpleLesson

all persons

revealed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have revealed
he, she, it	has revealed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will reveal

Synonyms

32 synonyms

uncoverB1 unfoldB1 exposeB1 outA1 tellA1 bareB2 betrayB2 displayB1 openA1 showA1 unveil disclose divulge bewray

Close in meaning

make manifest:bring out unveil
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret:unwrap disclose let on bring out discover expose divulge break

Antonyms

3 antonyms

coverA2 cover up hideA1

Word family

10 related words

Relatedrevelation revealing revelatory

Derivedmisreveal revealability revealable revealed religion revealee revealer revealment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle