reveal
pronunciation
How to pronounce reveal in British English:
UK [rɪˈviːl]
How to pronounce reveal in American English:
US [rɪˈviːl]
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- Verb:
- make visible
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- make clear and visible
- disclose directly or through prophets
Word Origin
- reveal
- reveal: [14] To reveal something is etymologically to ‘unveil’ it. The word comes via Old French reveler from Latin revēlāre ‘unveil, disclose’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ (in the sense ‘reverting to a former condition’) and vēlum ‘veil’ (source of English veil).=> veil
- reveal (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French reveler "reveal" (14c.), from Latin revelare "reveal, uncover, disclose," literally "unveil," from re- "opposite of" (see re-) + velare "to cover, veil," from velum "a veil" (see veil (n.)). Related: Revealed; revealing.
Example
- 1. A screen can reveal the inner nature of things .
- 2. Surveys reveal a collapse in consumer confidence last winter .
- 3. Did the problem reveal some lack of skill on your part ?
- 4. They probably didn 't reveal that in the trailer .
- 5. His trial could reveal all manner of dirt .