Definitions for reveal
rɪˈvilre·veal

Princeton's WordNet(2.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal(verb)

   make visible

   "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"

2. unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out(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

   "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"

3. reveal(verb)

   disclose directly or through prophets

   "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. reveal(Noun)

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

2. reveal(Noun)

   A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden.

   The reveal in that movie was great.

3. reveal(Noun)

   The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.

4. reveal(Verb)

   To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.

5. reveal(Verb)

   To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

Origin: From révéler, from earlier revelare, from re- + velare, from velum.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Reveal(verb)

   to make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show

2. Reveal(verb)

   specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency)

3. Reveal(noun)

   a revealing; a disclosure

4. Reveal(noun)

   the side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Reveal

   rē-vēl′, v.t. to unveil: to make known, as by divine agency: to disclose.—n. Revealabil′ity.—adj. Reveal′able.—ns. Reveal′ableness; Reveal′er; Reveal′ment, revelation.—Revealed religion, that which has been supernaturally revealed. [O. Fr. reveler (Fr. révéler)—L. revelāre—re-, back, velāre, to veil—velum, a veil.]

2. Reveal

   rē-vēl′, n. (archit.) the square ingoing of a window, doorway, or the like, between the frame and the outer surface of the wall.—Also Revel′.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reveal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3549

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'reveal' in Verbs Frequency: #223

Anagrams for reveal »

1. leaver

How to pronounce reveal?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reveal in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reveal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of reveal in a Sentence

1. Jeff Anderson:

   We have chosen to reveal it.

2. Jimmy Hoffa:

   You never reveal how you feel.

3. Heywood:

   Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   All beauty is inside you, you have to reveal it.

5. Rupert Brooke:

   Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.

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