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# disclose

«disclose» in Mova's school dictionary: **to tell people something that was secret or private** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (disclose, discloses, disclosed, disclosing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To disclose something is to tell people something that was secret or private. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#m1)

2) To disclose something is to show something that was hidden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in news, law and safety: children are told they can disclose (tell) a trusted adult if someone is hurting them. Companies must disclose information, and people must not disclose passwords. Phrases: disclose information, disclose a secret, refuse to disclose.

### examples

- Never disclose your password to anyone online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x1)
- The company did not disclose how much money it made. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x2)
- She finally disclosed the secret to her best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x3)
- If something worries you, you can disclose it to a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x4)
- The magician would not disclose how the trick worked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x5)
- Lifting the curtain disclosed a hidden door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x6)
- The winner's name will be disclosed tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x7)
- My zeal prompts me to disclose this to your Majesty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: disclosed, disclosing. Noun: disclosure. Formal; in everyday talk say «tell» or «reveal». Opposite: hide, conceal, keep secret. Online safety: do not disclose your address, school or passwords.

### In the corpora

- [Then said Jonathan: 'Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.336/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disclose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disclose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.