--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 34 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 34 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/33/) **34** [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/35/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) **disbelieve** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To not believe that someone or something is true; to refuse to believe.[↗](../../disbelieve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To not have faith in something, especially in God (formal, older use).[↗](../../disbelieve/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The villagers disbelieved the boy who cried wolf.[↗](../../disbelieve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thomas disbelieved the news until he saw Jesus himself.[↗](../../disbelieve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I have no reason to disbelieve you.[↗](../../disbelieve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher disbelieved my excuse about the dog eating my homework.[↗](../../disbelieve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people disbelieved the explorer's tales.[↗](../../disbelieve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was disbelieved at first, but the evidence proved her right.[↗](../../disbelieve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Then do you disbelieve what I say, and think that I am telling you a falsehood?”[↗](../../disbelieve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **disburse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To disburse money is to pay it out, usually from a fund or by an organisation, government or bank.[↗](../../disburse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The charity disbursed money to families who lost their homes.[↗](../../disburse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The council will disburse the funds next month.[↗](../../disburse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The club treasurer disburses money for team trips.[↗](../../disburse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A total of 600 dollars was disbursed equally among 4 schools.[↗](../../disburse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank disbursed the loan to the farmer.[↗](../../disburse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the fair, the money was disbursed to three charities.[↗](../../disburse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **disc** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A disc is a flat, thin, round object.[↗](../../disc/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A disc is a round flat object used to store music, films or computer data, such as a CD or DVD.[↗](../../disc/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A disc is one of the small pads of tough material between the bones of your spine.[↗](../../disc/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The disc of the sun or moon is its round, bright face as seen in the sky.[↗](../../disc/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The full Moon looked like a silver disc.[↗](../../disc/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the disc into the DVD player.[↗](../../disc/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We threw a plastic disc across the park.[↗](../../disc/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut a disc of paper for the lid.[↗](../../disc/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has a slipped disc in his back.[↗](../../disc/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The medal was a gold disc on a ribbon.[↗](../../disc/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **discard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To discard something is to throw it away or get rid of it because you do not want or need it.[↗](../../discard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In card games, to put down a card you do not want.[↗](../../discard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun: a card or thing that has been thrown away.[↗](../../discard/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Discard the apple cores in the compost bin.[↗](../../discard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Peel the orange and discard the skin.[↗](../../discard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In this game you discard one card each turn.[↗](../../discard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please discard used tissues in the bin.[↗](../../discard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist discarded the broken test tube.[↗](../../discard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Discard any eggs that are cracked.[↗](../../discard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Old toys were discarded by the side of the road.[↗](../../discard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **discarded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Discarded is the past form of «discard», which means to throw away or get rid of something you no longer want.[↗](../../discarded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) A discarded thing has been thrown away or left behind.[↗](../../discarded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In card games, to discard a card is to put it down because you do not want it.[↗](../../discarded/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beach was covered in discarded plastic bottles.[↗](../../discarded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He discarded his old trainers and bought new ones.[↗](../../discarded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A discarded fishing line tangled around the bird's leg.[↗](../../discarded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never touch a discarded needle; tell an adult.[↗](../../discarded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I discarded two cards and picked up two new ones.[↗](../../discarded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Of 50 apples, 8 were discarded because they were rotten.[↗](../../discarded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We made art from discarded boxes.[↗](../../discarded/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **discern** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To see, hear or notice something that is hard to see or hear.[↗](../../discern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To understand or recognise something, often a difference, by thinking carefully.[↗](../../discern/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To tell apart, such as right from wrong.[↗](../../discern/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Through the fog we could just discern the lighthouse.[↗](../../discern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you discern a pattern in these numbers?[↗](../../discern/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was hard to discern what she meant.[↗](../../discern/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies soon learn to discern their mother's voice.[↗](../../discern/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Good readers discern clues the writer has hidden.[↗](../../discern/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He could not discern any difference between the two cakes.[↗](../../discern/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge must discern truth from lies.[↗](../../discern/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So rapidly did they grow, that Cadmus now discerned the fierce countenance of a man beneath every one.[↗](../../discern/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If they were wise, they would understand this, they would discern their latter end.[↗](../../discern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.[↗](../../discern/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discern/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' — For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. — (Torah GEN.31.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discern/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?[↗](../../discern/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discern/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that discern judgment.[↗](../../discern/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.32.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discern/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could discern another.[↗](../../discern/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discern/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **discernible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Discernible means able to be seen, heard, noticed or understood, even if only just.[↗](../../discernible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was no discernible difference between the two plants.[↗](../../discernible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fog, the lighthouse was barely discernible.[↗](../../discernible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A faint smile was discernible on her face.[↗](../../discernible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The change in temperature was hardly discernible.[↗](../../discernible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After a week, there was a discernible improvement in his reading.[↗](../../discernible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship became discernible on the horizon.[↗](../../discernible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **discernment** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The ability to see clearly the difference between things, such as right and wrong or true and false; good judgment and understanding.[↗](../../discernment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His discernment is past searching out.[↗](../../discernment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discernment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee; (Writings PRO.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discernment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'[↗](../../discernment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discernment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **discharge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To let someone leave officially, for example a patient from hospital or a soldier from the army.[↗](../../discharge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To let out a liquid, gas or electricity.[↗](../../discharge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The pipe discharges water into the river.[↗](../../discharge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, formal) To do a duty fully.[↗](../../discharge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She discharged her duties well.[↗](../../discharge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To fire a gun.[↗](../../discharge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun) The act of letting someone go or letting something out.[↗](../../discharge/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (noun) Liquid that comes out of something, such as from a cut or the nose.[↗](../../discharge/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandad was discharged from hospital after two days.[↗](../../discharge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory must not discharge waste into the river.[↗](../../discharge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A phone battery discharges as you use it.[↗](../../discharge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lightning is a huge electric discharge.[↗](../../discharge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The officer discharged his duties with care.[↗](../../discharge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor looked at the discharge from the cut.[↗](../../discharge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier got his discharge from the army.[↗](../../discharge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If a tank discharges 5 litres a minute, it loses 50 litres in 10 minutes.[↗](../../discharge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The true fabulist, therefore, discharges a most important function.[↗](../../discharge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It is good that thou shouldest take hold of the one; yea, also from the other withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God shall discharge himself of them all.[↗](../../discharge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.7.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discharge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.[↗](../../discharge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.8.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discharge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **discharged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If a patient is discharged from hospital, they are allowed to go home.[↗](../../discharged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If someone is discharged from the army or a job, they are officially allowed or made to leave.[↗](../../discharged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* If a battery is discharged, its stored electricity has been used up.[↗](../../discharged/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* If a liquid or gas is discharged, it is let out or flows out.[↗](../../discharged/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* If a gun is discharged, it is fired.[↗](../../discharged/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (formal) If a duty or debt is discharged, it has been done or paid.[↗](../../discharged/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma was discharged from hospital and came home on Friday.[↗](../../discharged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier was discharged after ten years in the army.[↗](../../discharged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My tablet's battery is fully discharged — I need to charge it.[↗](../../discharged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dirty water was discharged into the river.[↗](../../discharged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gun was discharged by accident, so always treat guns as dangerous.[↗](../../discharged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cloud discharged its electricity as lightning.[↗](../../discharged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She discharged her duties as captain very well.[↗](../../discharged/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Meanwhile the enemy discharged several thousand arrows, many of which stuck in my hands and face.[↗](../../discharged/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **disciple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) A disciple was a follower of Jesus who learned from him; the twelve closest were also called apostles.[↗](../../disciple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A disciple is anyone who follows and learns from a teacher or leader and believes in their ideas.[↗](../../disciple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jesus called Peter and Andrew to be his disciples.[↗](../../disciple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The disciples were afraid when the storm hit their boat.[↗](../../disciple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At the Last Supper, Jesus washed his disciples' feet.[↗](../../disciple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The young chef was a disciple of the great baker.[↗](../../disciple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned the names of the twelve disciples.[↗](../../disciple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A disciple listens, learns, and tries to live by the teaching.[↗](../../disciple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The one who came to you before was only my disciple!” replied the old man again.[↗](../../disciple/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The disciples of Pythagoras looked upon the decade as a holy number, and swore by it and by the Tetraktys which contain the number ten, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../disciple/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Burnet, Early Greek Pliitosopliy, page 99) that "all that has come down to us under the names of various disciples of Pythagoras is pure forgery, of the most worthless kind.[↗](../../disciple/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../disciple/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.'[↗](../../disciple/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.8.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../disciple/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **disciplinary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Disciplinary means to do with punishing people who break rules, at school, work or in sport.[↗](../../disciplinary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To do with a subject of study, as in «interdisciplinary».[↗](../../disciplinary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fighting in class led to disciplinary action.[↗](../../disciplinary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The player faced a disciplinary hearing after the match.[↗](../../disciplinary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school has a clear disciplinary policy.[↗](../../disciplinary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He has a clean disciplinary record.[↗](../../disciplinary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The worker was given a disciplinary warning for being late.[↗](../../disciplinary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our project was interdisciplinary: maths, art and science together.[↗](../../disciplinary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **discipline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Discipline is following rules and controlling how you act, often taught by parents or teachers.[↗](../../discipline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Self-discipline: making yourself do what you should, like practising every day.[↗](../../discipline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To discipline someone is to punish them for breaking rules.[↗](../../discipline/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) A subject or field of study, such as maths or biology.[↗](../../discipline/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coach said discipline is the key to winning.[↗](../../discipline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning piano takes a lot of discipline.[↗](../../discipline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school has strict discipline.[↗](../../discipline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her parents disciplined her for lying.[↗](../../discipline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Chemistry and physics are two scientific disciplines.[↗](../../discipline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes self-discipline to do homework before games.[↗](../../discipline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers marched with perfect discipline.[↗](../../discipline/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pressure of regularity and discipline here stamped the jewel, which in the future the world so well knew.[↗](../../discipline/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity; (Writings PRO.1.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discipline/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.[↗](../../discipline/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discipline/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.[↗](../../discipline/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.1.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../discipline/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **disclose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To disclose something is to tell people something that was secret or private.[↗](../../disclose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To disclose something is to show something that was hidden.[↗](../../disclose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never disclose your password to anyone online.[↗](../../disclose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The company did not disclose how much money it made.[↗](../../disclose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She finally disclosed the secret to her best friend.[↗](../../disclose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If something worries you, you can disclose it to a teacher.[↗](../../disclose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician would not disclose how the trick worked.[↗](../../disclose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lifting the curtain disclosed a hidden door.[↗](../../disclose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The winner's name will be disclosed tomorrow.[↗](../../disclose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My zeal prompts me to disclose this to your Majesty.[↗](../../disclose/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said Jonathan: 'Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.[↗](../../disclose/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.14.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../disclose/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying: Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people.[↗](../../disclose/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.4.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../disclose/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of His place to visit upon the inhabitants of the earth their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.[↗](../../disclose/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.26.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../disclose/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **disclosed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Disclosed is the past form of «disclose»: told or made known something that was secret or private.[↗](../../disclosed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Disclosed information has been made public or told.[↗](../../disclosed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Disclosed can mean uncovered or shown, when something hidden is revealed.[↗](../../disclosed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy disclosed that he had broken the window.[↗](../../disclosed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The price of the house was not disclosed.[↗](../../disclosed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The report disclosed that the river was polluted.[↗](../../disclosed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She disclosed her worries to the school nurse.[↗](../../disclosed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's new coach was disclosed at the press meeting.[↗](../../disclosed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective disclosed who the thief was at the end.[↗](../../disclosed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The money was paid to an undisclosed person.[↗](../../disclosed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This, when removed, disclosed a flight of stone steps which led to a large room richly furnished and lighted by tapers.[↗](../../disclosed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He bound the essences of the twenty-two letters on his tongue, and God disclosed to him the secrets of them.[↗](../../disclosed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../disclosed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And both of them disclosed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said: 'Behold Hebrews coming forth out of the holes where they hid themselves.'[↗](../../disclosed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.14.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../disclosed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **disclosure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Telling people something that was secret or private.[↗](../../disclosure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fact or piece of information that is made known.[↗](../../disclosure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Officially giving information, such as in law or business.[↗](../../disclosure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (safety) When a child tells a trusted adult about something harmful happening to them.[↗](../../disclosure/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The disclosure of the secret shocked everyone.[↗](../../disclosure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are worried, telling an adult is called a disclosure, and it is the right thing to do.[↗](../../disclosure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The company made a full disclosure of its accounts.[↗](../../disclosure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Full disclosure: I've already eaten one of the biscuits.[↗](../../disclosure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The disclosure of passwords is not allowed.[↗](../../disclosure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper's disclosure led to an investigation.[↗](../../disclosure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **disco** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A disco is a party or event where people dance to recorded pop music, often with coloured lights.[↗](../../disco/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A school disco is an evening dance party for pupils at school.[↗](../../disco/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Disco is a kind of dance music with a strong beat, popular long ago and still played at parties.[↗](../../disco/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school disco is on Friday night.[↗](../../disco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We danced under the flashing disco lights.[↗](../../disco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma loves old disco music.[↗](../../disco/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A silver disco ball hung from the ceiling.[↗](../../disco/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tickets for the disco cost £2 each.[↗](../../disco/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lily was too shy to dance at her first disco.[↗](../../disco/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/33/) **34** [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/35/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/33/) - next →: [page 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/35/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)