Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make known (something concealed or secret): revealed a confidence.
- v. To bring to view; show.
- v. To make known by supernatural or divine means: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven” ( Romans 1:18).
- n. The part of the side of a window or door opening that is between the outer surface of a wall and the window or door frame.
- n. The whole side of such an opening; the jamb.
- n. The framework of a motor vehicle window.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To discover; expose to sight, recognition, or understanding; disclose; divulge; make known.
- Specifically To disclose as religious truth; divulge by supernatural means; make known by divine agency.
- In metaphysics, to afford an immediate knowledge of.
- Synonyms To unveil, uncover, communicate, show, impart.
- n. A revealing; disclosure.
- n. In architecture, one of the vertical faces of a window-opening or a doorway, included between the face of the wall and that of the window- or door-frame, when such frame is present.
Wiktionary
- n. The outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb.
- n. A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden.
- v. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
- v. To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
- v. Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).
- n. A revealing; a disclosure.
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make visible
- v. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- v. disclose directly or through prophets
Etymologies
- Middle English revelen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre : re-, re- + vēlāre, to cover (from vēlum, veil).From Middle English revalen, to lower, from Old French revaler : re-, re- + avaler, to lower (from a val, down : a, to from Latin ad; see ad- + val, valley; see vale1).
Examples
“So we were very glad when they reached the version 1.0 but as the title reveal, they have not stopped at that.”
“TRON trailer was all that much better (beyond its title reveal finish).”
“The title reveal as Potter tries to cast a spell beneath his sheets adds just a bit of flair than we’re used to, followed by the opening moments of the film proper, which portray Harry’s insufferable home life, a sequence we’ve scene played out twice already.”
“What it will reveal is a government driven by fear.”
“And, I think that what the documents reveal is the extent to which American soldiers were disturbed by this and did try to call the Iraqis out on it in some cases.”
Voice of America: WikiLeaks Documents Highlight Problem of Security Force Training
“We kind of suspected it, but the reveal is still effective when Joan is on the phone to her military husband and we learn she has kept the baby (from her tryst with Roger) and has told her husband they're expecting.”
“The big reveal is that everyone, getting real caffeine or fake, saw their brain getting more blood flow and activity, and the placebo crew felt just as awake or tired throughout the day as their temporarily lucky counterparts.”
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“You think that´s shocking, what the paper did not reveal is that the other half are born to mothers between 11 and 13.”
“And what an understanding of this process should reveal is that elections do in fact have consequences; which in a democracy, is exactly how it should be.”
“Paul Begala's comments about Sarah Palin reveal much more about him than they do about her.”
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