reveal 1
verb
- Hastie was previously reluctant to reveal details of the contracts until he was sure the company had a secure future.
- The latest court filing reveals Intel has until 6 September to respond the complaint.
- I call on the Government to publish its secret report revealing just how much the sheep ID scheme will cost farmers.
- It conceals only superficially, for it can allow us to reveal our true self.
- He lifted his eyes to the sky that had begun to clear, revealing blue sky.
- His fears are confirmed when he spies a curious Post-It note on the fridge revealing an unfinished game of hangman.
- The Gospel of John reveals this divine aspect of Christ's ministry - His deity.
- You have dared to imprint us with your own image knowing that we are only human, inviting us to be fully human by revealing your presence in us to everyone we meet.
- For him it was a means of revealing the divine principle and concretizing a personal vision of the Supreme Being that had been vouchsafed to him.
noun
Back to top- Every week promised a new pairing, a bitter feud, and a shocking reveal (usually in the last few minutes) that changed everything for the characters.
- The pacing works especially well, with the big big reveal of Chucky's true nature coming at about the halfway point.
- The big reveal in the last episode was anticlimactic: oh boy, a minor character we don't remotely care about is a traitor!
Derivatives
- 1
revealable
- Example sentences
- In this paper we present a new sealed-bid auction scheme using the sequentially revealable commitment by the chain of one-way functions.
- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a sheet of paper on which has been impressed a revealable concealed identifier pattern in accordance with the invention.
- How do UV-revealable messages work?
- 2
revealer
noun - Example sentences
- On one hand a mirror can be a powerful revealer of truth - reflecting back an image unbiased by preconceived notions of appearance.
- As celebrated in their own eyes, these are always the true, the fearless, and the incorruptible revealers of corruption.
- ‘The satirist is both revealer and concealer,’ he added.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French reveler or Latin revelare, from re- 'again' (expressing reversal) + velum 'veil'.
veil from Middle English:
Our word veil is from Latin vela, plural of velum ‘sail, covering, veil’. The first uses refer to the headdress of a nun, and take the veil, or become a nun, appears about a hundred years later. Christian brides have worn veils since around the 3rd century, taking the custom from ancient Rome. The expression beyond the veil, ‘in a mysterious or hidden state or place’, comes from the Bible. In ancient times the veil was the piece of precious cloth separating the innermost sanctuary from the rest of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The idea soon developed of this cloth representing a barrier between this life and the unknown state of existence after death, giving rise to the current phrase. To draw a veil over something dates from the early 18th century, and is the opposite of reveal (Late Middle English) which comes from Latin revelare ‘lay bare’ in the sense of ‘lifting the veil’.
Definition of reveal in:
noun
- A flush finishing metal door/window frame is provided for a reveal of an opening in a wall that has a pair of oppositely positioned wall board sheets.
- The reveal will give your doorjamb a cleaner, more finished look.
- Align the mitered end of the head casing with the corner of the reveal, and mark the point where the far end meets the reveal.
Origin
Late 17th century: from obsolete revale 'to lower', from Old French revaler, from re- 'back' + avaler 'go down, sink'.
veil from Middle English:
Our word veil is from Latin vela, plural of velum ‘sail, covering, veil’. The first uses refer to the headdress of a nun, and take the veil, or become a nun, appears about a hundred years later. Christian brides have worn veils since around the 3rd century, taking the custom from ancient Rome. The expression beyond the veil, ‘in a mysterious or hidden state or place’, comes from the Bible. In ancient times the veil was the piece of precious cloth separating the innermost sanctuary from the rest of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The idea soon developed of this cloth representing a barrier between this life and the unknown state of existence after death, giving rise to the current phrase. To draw a veil over something dates from the early 18th century, and is the opposite of reveal (Late Middle English) which comes from Latin revelare ‘lay bare’ in the sense of ‘lifting the veil’.
