Complete Definition of "reveal"

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English

Etymology
From French révéler, earlier Latin revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal.

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�l|-i�l

Noun
reveal

  1. the outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb

#:The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a canopied entrance with a doorman beneath an attractive, rusticated limestone window reveal on the second floor and a very impressive and ornate limestone window reveal on the third floor flanked by female figures - Carter B Horsley - The Upper East Side Book

  1. (cinematography) A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden.
#:The reveal in that movie was great.
Quotations
2001, Nicholas Proferes, Film Directing Fundamentals 1
2002, Blain Brown, Cinematography 2
2004, Fred Karlin, On the Track 3


Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive: To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
  2. transitive: To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

Translations
(to uncover)

Arabic: ARchar|�ش� IPAchar|(kášafa)
Chinese: 顯�, �� (xi�n b�i)
Czech: odhalit
Dutch: onthullen
Esperanto: malka�i
Finnish: paljastaa
French: révéler
German: enthüllen
Greek: α�οκαλ����
Hebrew: ����ת
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Italian: rivelare
Japanese: �� (����, arawasu)
Korean: ���� (natanaeda)
Portuguese: revelar
Russian: в��вл��� (vyjavlját�)
Spanish: revelar, propalar
Swedish: uppenbara
Telugu: వ�ల�లడి��� (vellaDiMchu)

Related terms
revelation

Synonyms
communicate
disclose
discover
divulge
impart
open
show
uncover
unveil

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