reveal
verb
[ rɪˈviːl ]
• make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
• "Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie's whereabouts"
Similar:
divulge,
disclose,
tell,
let out,
let slip,
let drop,
let fall,
give away,
give the game/show away,
blurt (out),
babble,
give out,
release,
leak,
betray,
open up,
unveil,
bring out into the open,
go public on/with,
make known,
make public,
broadcast,
air,
publicize,
publish,
circulate,
disseminate,
pass on,
report,
declare,
post,
communicate,
impart,
unfold,
vouchsafe,
confess,
admit,
lay bare,
let on,
spill,
blab,
let the cat out of the bag,
dish the dirt,
take/blow the lid off,
blow wide open,
come clean about,
cough,
blow the gaff,
discover,
reveal
noun
• (in a film or television programme) a final revelation of information that has previously been kept from the characters or viewers.
• "the big reveal at the end of the movie answers all questions"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French reveler or Latin revelare, from re- ‘again’ (expressing reversal) + velum ‘veil’.
reveal
noun
• either side surface of an aperture in a wall for a door or window.
Origin:
late 17th century: from obsolete revale ‘to lower’, from Old French revaler, from re- ‘back’ + avaler ‘go down, sink’.
