disclose

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  2. verb disclose to view as by removing a cover

Etymology

From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unwrap, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out

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