Standard Lemma guide

disclose

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /dɪsˈkləʊz/
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  • rhymes with -əʊz
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K L OW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A disclosure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To open up; unfasten.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To uncover; physically expose to view.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reveal, unveil, expose

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: occasionally intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reveal, unveil, divulge, publish, impart

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  • The actress won't reveal how old she is
  • bring out the truth
  • he broke the news to her
  • unwrap the evidence in the murder case

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unwrap, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tell

Narrower terms: blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet, come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal

6

verb

Meaning 6

disclose to view as by removing a cover

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal

Narrower terms: face

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: descerrar — open up
  • Bulgarian: показвам (pokazvam) — physically expose to view
  • Bulgarian: разкривам (razkrivam) — physically expose to view
  • Catalan: revelar — physically expose to view
  • Dutch: onthullen — physically expose to view
  • Dutch: ontsluieren — physically expose to view
  • Esperanto: malkaŝi — physically expose to view
  • Finnish: paljastaa — physically expose to view
  • French: découvrir — physically expose to view
  • French: laisser voir — physically expose to view
  • German: enthüllen — physically expose to view
  • Hungarian: felfed — physically expose to view
  • Hungarian: szem elé tár — physically expose to view
  • Hungarian: kitakar — physically expose to view
  • Hungarian: feltár — physically expose to view
  • Italian: scoprire — physically expose to view
  • Central Kurdish: دەرخستن (derxistin) — physically expose to view
  • Māori: tūhura — physically expose to view
  • Occitan: revelar — physically expose to view
  • Occitan: expausar — physically expose to view
  • Portuguese: revelar — physically expose to view
  • Portuguese: expor — physically expose to view
  • Romanian: dezvălui — physically expose to view
  • Romanian: expune — physically expose to view
  • Russian: раскрыва́ть (raskryvátʹ) — physically expose to view
  • Russian: раскры́ть (raskrýtʹ) — physically expose to view
  • Welsh: datguddio — physically expose to view
  • Bulgarian: откривам (otkrivam) — make known
  • Bulgarian: издавам (izdavam) — make known
  • Catalan: divulgar — make known
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泄露 (xièlòu, xièlù) — make known
  • Danish: bekendtliggøre — make known
  • Dutch: onthullen — make known
  • Dutch: ontsluieren — make known
  • Dutch: bekendmaken — make known
  • Dutch: vrijgeven — make known
  • Finnish: paljastaa — make known
  • French: révéler — make known
  • French: divulguer — make known
  • French: dévoiler — make known
  • German: veröffentlichen — make known
  • German: bekanntgeben — make known
  • German: bekanntmachen — make known
  • Hungarian: tudtára ad — make known
  • Hungarian: tudomására hoz — make known
  • Hungarian: tudat — make known
  • Hungarian: közöl — make known
  • Hungarian: elárul — make known
  • Hungarian: elmond — make known
  • Hungarian: közread — make known
  • Hungarian: közzétesz — make known
  • Hungarian: nyilvánosságra hoz — make known
  • Hungarian: leleplez — make known
  • Hungarian: felfed — make known
  • Ido: desvelizar — make known
  • Indonesian: membeberkan — make known
  • Indonesian: menyingkap — make known
  • Italian: divulgare — make known
  • Italian: rivelare — make known
  • Japanese: 啓 (kei) — make known
  • Central Kurdish: دەرخستن (derxistin) — make known
  • Latin: dēclārō — make known
  • Latin: ēnūntiō — make known
  • Māori: whakakakau — make known
  • Norwegian: bekjentgjøre — make known
  • Occitan: divulgar — make known
  • Occitan: revelar — make known
  • Polish: ujawnić — make known
  • Portuguese: revelar — make known
  • Portuguese: divulgar — make known
  • Romanian: revela — make known
  • Romanian: divulga — make known
  • Russian: раскрыва́ть (raskryvátʹ) — make known
  • Russian: раскры́ть (raskrýtʹ) — make known
  • Spanish: deschavar — make known
  • Thai: เปิดเผย (bpə̀ət-pə̌əi) — make known
  • Thai: แพร่งพราย — make known
  • Ottoman Turkish: كشف ایتمك (keşf etmek) — make known
  • Welsh: datguddio — make known