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# unmask

«unmask» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take off their mask so you can see their face** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (unmask, unmasks, unmasked, unmasking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To unmask someone is to take off their mask so you can see their face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#m1)

2) To unmask a person or plan is to show the truth about them, especially that they are a cheat, spy or criminal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and cartoons: the villain is unmasked at the end (as in Scooby-Doo). In news: unmasking a fraud or a lie. It tells the reader the truth is finally coming out.

### examples

- At the end, the kids unmasked the ghost – it was the caretaker! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#x1)
- The detective unmasked the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#x2)
- The reporter unmasked the fake charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#x3)
- The superhero was never unmasked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#x4)
- At midnight, everyone at the party unmasked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#x5)
- The test unmasked a mistake in the plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unmask/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Opposite: «mask». Noun: «unmasking». In the «reveal the truth» sense, close to «expose».

### Trees and pragmatics

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