conceal
pronunciation
How to pronounce conceal in British English:
UK [kənˈsiːl]
How to pronounce conceal in American English:
US [kənˈsiːl]
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- Verb:
- prevent from being seen or discovered
- hold back; keep from being perceived by others
Word Origin
- conceal
- conceal: [14] Conceal can be traced back to the Indo-European base *kel- ‘hide’, which was also the source of English apocalypse, cell, occult, and probably colour. It formed the basis of the Latin verb cēlāre ‘hide’, which was strengthened by the intensive prefix com- to produce concēlāre. This reached English via Old French conceler. Another offshoot of the Latin verb was the adverb clam ‘secretly’; from this was formed the adjective clandestīnus, acquired by English as clandestine in the 16th century.=> apocalypse, cell, clandestine, hole, holster, occult, supercilious
- conceal (v.)
- early 14c., concelen, from Old French conceler "to hide, conceal, dissimulate," from Latin concelare "to hide," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell). Replaced Old English deagan. Related: Concealed; concealing.
Example
- 1. Average growth figures conceal big differences within asia over the past year .
- 2. But consumption numbers , too , conceal as much as they illuminate .
- 3. Men covered their faces to conceal their identity .
- 4. These agents also often misrepresent or conceal their u. s.affiliations .
- 5. Wearing loose-fitting clothing to conceal weight loss .