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disclose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪsˈkləʊz/
  • (US) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A disclosure.

Forms

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discloses Number=Plur lexicographic

disclose en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪsˈkləʊz/
  • (US) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To open up; unfasten.
    • The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
  2. (transitive) To uncover; physically expose to view.
    • And it seemed to me that the dream smote the roof above my bed, and the roof opened and disclosed the outer dark, and in the dark travelled a bearded star, and the night was quick with fiery signs. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 18:
    • Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside. 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 13:
    • The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
    • Some [nest toys] open to disclose a set of babies, tumbling dolls with weights, or old men might open so that they could be used as money-boxes. 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 166:
  3. (qualifier:occasionally intransitive, transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
    • Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II:
    • If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 34:
    • Disclosing to a child his or her own HIV-positive status is yet another complicated process. Who should disclose and when and how that person should do it are prominent questions […] 2013, Pranee Liamputtong, Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS, page 83:
    • Skogan's study is based on weak data. Worse yet, he fails to disclose […] that his data reveal no statistically significant relationship between disorder and crime with regard to four out of five crime variables. Skogan only […] discusses the results of the one test that supports the […] theory 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
    • I feel duty bound to disclose I'm trans. I have a certain emotional investment in the relationship, [so] I've decided I have to disclose, and it scares me. 2013, Anne Cognito, Sunlight in the Darkness : My life as a trans woman, page 100:

Forms

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disclosed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disclosed Tense=Past lexicographic
disclosing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
discloses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

cover up · withhold

Deriveds

undisclose · predisclose · redisclose · undisclosing · discloser · disclosive · disclosable

Relateds

disclosure

Synonyms

divulge · publish · expose · impart · unveil · bring to light (to expose to the knowledge of others) · expose · make known · impart (to make known, state openly) · publish · reveal · reveal · reveal · unveil

Translations (82)

ca revelar (physically expose to view) · ru раскры́ть (physically expose to view) · id menyingkap (make known) · de veröffentlichen (make known) · oc revelar (physically expose to view) · it divulgare (make known) · pl ujawnić (make known) · fi paljastaa (physically expose to view) · ota كشف ایتمك (make known) · ro expune (physically expose to view) · fr divulguer (make known) · ro dezvălui (physically expose to view) · bg показвам (physically expose to view) · es deschavar (make known) · fr laisser voir (physically expose to view) · hu közöl (make known) · bg издавам (make known) · th แพร่งพราย (make known) · hu elárul (make known) · de bekanntmachen (make known) · hu kitakar (physically expose to view) · oc revelar (make known) · id membeberkan (make known) · hu leleplez (make known) · ru раскрыва́ть (make known) · nl onthullen (physically expose to view) · nl vrijgeven (make known) · pt expor (physically expose to view) · hu felfed (physically expose to view) · oc divulgar (make known) · hu feltár (physically expose to view) · it scoprire (physically expose to view) · ckb دەرخستن (physically expose to view) · de enthüllen (physically expose to view) · cmn 泄露 (make known) · da bekendtliggøre (make known) · mi whakakakau (make known) · hu közzétesz (make known) · fr découvrir (physically expose to view) · de bekanntgeben (make known) · ru раскры́ть (make known) · hu közread (make known) · ca divulgar (make known) · it rivelare (make known) · pt divulgar (make known) · ko 밝히다 (make known) · fr dévoiler (make known) · bg разкривам (physically expose to view) · oc expausar (physically expose to view) · ko 폭로하다 (make known) · ckb دەرخستن (make known) · hu tudomására hoz (make known) · no bekjentgjøre (make known) · la ēnūntiō (make known) · pt revelar (physically expose to view) · hu nyilvánosságra hoz (make known) · cy datguddio (physically expose to view) · hu szem elé tár (physically expose to view) · es descerrar (open) · io desvelizar (make known) · bg откривам (make known) · mi tūhura (physically expose to view) · fr révéler (make known) · th เปิดเผย (make known) · ja(make known) · ro divulga (make known) · ro revela (make known) · ko 드러내다 (physically expose to view) · hu tudtára ad (make known) · la dēclārō (make known) · nl ontsluieren (physically expose to view) · cy datguddio (make known) · hu felfed (make known) · nl onthullen (make known) · pt revelar (make known) · nl bekendmaken (make known) · hu tudat (make known) · eo malkaŝi (physically expose to view) · hu elmond (make known) · fi paljastaa (make known) · ru раскрыва́ть (physically expose to view) · nl ontsluieren (make known)