Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden.

    enthüllen, abdecken, aufdecken

    раскрыва́тьraskryvátʹ, раскры́тьraskrýtʹ, разоблача́тьrazoblačátʹ

    remove the veil from

  2. (transitive)To show, especially for the first time.

    The car company are going to unveil the new sports car model next month.

  3. (intransitive)To remove a veil; to reveal oneself.

    sich offenbaren

    раскрыва́тьсяraskryvátʹsja, раскры́тьсяraskrýtʹsja

    remove the cover from

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Astronomers have unveiled the first picture of a black hole.

    Астрономи представили першу фотографію чорної діри.

    ruАстрономы представили первую фотографию черной дыры.

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  2. NASA has recently unveiled a new project.

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  3. Algeria has unveiled a new economic plan.

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  4. Microsoft recently unveiled two new dual screen devices.

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  5. The king’s portrait was unveiled to great applause.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to uncover:
to reveal oneself:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to uncover:
to reveal oneself:

Origin

From Middle English *unveilen (suggested by past participle unveiled, vnueylyd (“unveiled”

From Middle English *unveilen (suggested by past participle unveiled, vnueylyd (“unveiled”)). Equivalent to un- + veil. Ultimately from Latin velum (whence also English voile, English reveal, Russian вуа́ль (vuálʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ) (compare typologically)).

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Forms

unveils, unveiling, unveiled, unveiled
Base formunveil · to unveil
3rd person singularunveils
Present participleunveiling
Past simpleunveiled
Past participleunveiled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunveil
he, she, itunveils

Past simpleLesson

all personsunveiled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unveiled
he, she, ithas unveiled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unveil

Synonyms

17 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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