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Disclose has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A disclosure.

"The company was forced to disclose its financial losses after investors demanded transparency."

Verb
1

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

"The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"

"The actress won't reveal how old she is"

"bring out the truth"

"he broke the news to her"

"unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

"The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"

2

reveal to view as by removing a cover

"The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

3

To open up, unfasten.

"The thief managed to disclose the lock on the safe before stealing the money inside."

Example Sentences
"The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold" verb
"The actress won't reveal how old she is" verb
"bring out the truth" verb
"he broke the news to her" verb
"unwrap the evidence in the murder case" verb
"The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings" verb
"The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
tell bring out
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
blackwash muckrake blow out come out of the closet spring betray confide leak spill the beans reveal face

Origin

The word "disclose" entered English via Middle French and Old French, originally meaning to open or unclose something. It is built from the Latin prefix dis- (meaning "apart") combined with claudere ("to shut"), creating a literal sense of opening up what was previously closed.

Rhyming Words
ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose
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