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verb

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
unwrap, disclose, bring out, reveal, discover,
expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
• Derivationally related forms:
giveaway (for: give away), divulgement (for: divulge), divulgence (for: divulge), exposure (for: expose), expose (for: expose), discovery (for: discover), revelation (for: reveal), revealing (for: reveal), disclosure (for: disclose)
• Hypernyms:
tell
• Hyponyms:
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
• Verb Group:
break, get out, get around
• Cause:
break, get out, get around
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They let on that there was a traffic accident