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- [dih-sklohz]
- /dɪˈskloʊz/
- /dɪˈskləʊz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-sklohz]
- /dɪˈskloʊz/
Definitions of disclose word
- verb with object disclose to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret. 1
- verb with object disclose to cause to appear; allow to be seen; lay open to view: In spring the violets disclose their fragrant petals. 1
- verb with object disclose Obsolete. to open up; unfold. 1
- noun disclose Obsolete. disclosure. 1
- noun disclose Make (secret or new information) known. 1
- transitive verb disclose reveal: secret 1
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Origin of disclose
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English disclosen, desclosen < Old French desclos-, stem of desclore, equivalent to des- dis-1 + clore to close < Latin claudere; see close
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Parts of speech for Disclose
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
disclose popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
disclose usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for disclose
verb disclose
- reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- leak — an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
- confess — If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- divulge — to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
adjective disclose
- dumper — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- unburden — to free from a burden.
- out with it — a command to make something known immediately, without missing any details
- get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- unbosom — to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).
Antonyms for disclose
verb disclose
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
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