Verb
disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
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:The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
- (transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
- Synonyms: reveal, unveil
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:The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 13:Its brown curtain was only half drawn, disclosing the elegant legs, clad in transparent black, of a female seated inside.
- (transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.
- Synonyms: reveal, unveil, divulge, publish, impart
1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, page 1:If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.
Translations
physically expose to view
- Bulgarian: показвам (bg) (pokazvam), разкривам (bg) (razkrivam)
- Catalan: revelar (ca)
- Dutch: onthullen (nl), ontsluieren (nl)
- Finnish: paljastaa (fi)
- French: découvrir (fr), laisser voir (fr)
- German: enthüllen (de)
- Hungarian: felfed (hu), szem elé tár, kitakar (hu), feltár (hu)
- Italian: scoprire (it)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دەرخستن (derxistin)
- Maori: tūhura
- Occitan: revelar (oc), expausar (oc)
- Portuguese: revelar (pt), expor (pt)
- Romanian: dezvălui (ro), expune (ro)
- Russian: раскрыва́ть (ru) impf (raskryvátʹ), раскры́ть (ru) pf (raskrýtʹ)
- Spanish: revelar (es)
- Welsh: datguddio (cy)
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make known
- Bulgarian: откривам (bg) (otkrivam), издавам (bg) (izdavam)
- Catalan: divulgar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 泄露 (zh) (xièlòu, xièlù)
- Danish: bekendtliggøre
- Dutch: onthullen (nl), ontsluieren (nl), bekendmaken (nl), vrijgeven (nl)
- Finnish: paljastaa (fi)
- French: révéler (fr), divulguer (fr), dévoiler (fr)
- German: veröffentlichen (de), bekanntgeben (de), bekanntmachen
- Hungarian: (to expose to the knowledge of others) tudtára ad, tudomására hoz (hu), tudat (hu), közöl (hu), elárul (hu), elmond (hu), (to make known, state openly) közread (hu), közzétesz (hu), nyilvánosságra hoz, (to uncover) leleplez (hu), felfed (hu)
- Ido: desvelizar (io)
- Indonesian: membeberkan (id), menyingkap (id)
- Italian: divulgare (it), rivelare (it)
- Japanese: 啓 (ja) (けい , kei)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دەرخستن (derxistin)
- Latin: dēclārō, ēnūntiō
- Maori: whakakakau
- Norwegian: bekjentgjøre (no)
- Occitan: divulgar (oc), revelar (oc)
- Polish: ujawnić (pl)
- Portuguese: revelar (pt), divulgar (pt)
- Romanian: revela (ro), divulga (ro)
- Russian: раскрыва́ть (ru) impf (raskryvátʹ), раскры́ть (ru) pf (raskrýtʹ)
- Spanish: divulgar (es)
- Welsh: datguddio (cy)
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