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# reveal

«reveal» in Mova's school dictionary: **to show something that was hidden** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (reveal, reveals, revealed, revealing); noun (a reveal — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To reveal something is to show something that was hidden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#m1)

2) To reveal something is to tell a secret or a fact that people did not know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories the ending often reveals a secret or who did it. In science experiments results reveal facts. In safety lessons pupils learn not to reveal personal information (address, passwords) online. Phrases: «reveal a secret», «reveal the answer», «it was revealed that…».

### examples

- The magician pulled away the cloth to reveal a rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#x1)
- Don't reveal your password to anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#x2)
- At the end of the book, it is revealed who the thief was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#x3)
- Scratch the card to reveal the prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#x4)
- The X-ray revealed a broken bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#x5)
- When the tide went out, it revealed rock pools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#x6)
- Surely morning was not already coming to hasten and reveal his disgrace! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reveal/#x7)

### note

Past: «revealed». Noun: «revelation». Opposite: «hide», «conceal». «Revealing» can also mean showing a lot («a revealing interview»).

### In the corpora

- [Revealing the danger too fast removes the suspense.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/10/)
- [The fun is the shared laugh: a good trick is harmless, quickly revealed, and the person fooled laughs too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/1/)
- [A good April joke is silly, not scary, and is revealed quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/440-april-fools-day/23/)
- [Joseph revealed himself, wept and forgave his brothers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/15/)
- [Splitting starlight into a rainbow, called a spectrum, shows dark lines that reveal which elements the star is made of.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/28-how-we-know-measuring-the-sky/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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