disclose
/dɪsˈkləʊz/
disclose verb: to open up; unfasten.
Verb
disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)
- To open up; unfasten.
- The estrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
- To uncover; physically expose to view.
- The shells being broken, […] the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC
- And it seemed to me that the dream smote the roof above my bed, and the roof opened and disclosed the outer dark, and in the dark travelled a bearded star, and the night was quick with fiery signs.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 18
- To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known; state openly; reveal (something).
- Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II
- If I disclose my passion, / Our friendship's at an end.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 34
Noun
disclose (plural discloses)
- A disclosure.
disclose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
disclose in Hindi
- to disclose, reveal
- फोड़ना phoṛnā
disclose in Tamil
- திறந்து காட்டு, தெரிவி, வெளிப்படுத்து, வெளிப்படுத்து தெரிவி, வெளியிடு
disclose in Urdu
- to disclose, reveal
- کھولنا kholnā
disclose in Bengali
- প্রকাশ করা, অনাবৃত করা, উন্মুক্ত করা, ব্যক্ত করা, প্রচারিত করা
More languagesFewer languages
- disclose in Telugu
- బహిర్గతం చేయండి
- disclose in Malayalam
- പരസ്യമാക്കുക, വെളിവാക്കുക, തുറന്നുകാട്ടുക, അറിയിക്കുക
- disclose in Kannada
- ಹೊರಗೆಡಹು, ತಿಳಿಯಪಡಿಸು, ಹೊರಪಡು, ಹೊರಪಡಿಸು
- disclose in Punjabi
- ਉਗਲ਼ੱਛਣਾ ugaḷacchaṇā, ਉੱਗਲ਼ਨਾ uggaḷnā
- disclose in Sanskrit
- भिद् bhid
- disclose in Indonesian
- membeberkan, menyingkap
- disclose in Thai
- เปิดเผย bpə̀ət-pə̌əi, แพร่งพราย
Examples of disclose in a sentence
- Some [nest toys] open to disclose a set of babies, tumbling dolls with weights, or old men might open so that they could be used as money-boxes.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 166:
- Worse yet, he fails to disclose […] that his data reveal no statistically significant relationship between disorder and crime with regard to four out of five crime variables.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
- I feel duty bound to disclose I'm trans.2013, Anne Cognito, Sunlight in the Darkness : My life as a trans woman, page 100:
- Who should disclose and when and how that person should do it are prominent questions […]2013, Pranee Liamputtong, Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS, page 83:
Synonyms of disclose
Antonyms
Forms of disclose
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | discloses |
| present participle | disclosing |
| past participle | disclosed |
| past | disclosed |
| Noun | |
| plural | discloses |
Origin of disclose
From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.
Words formed from disclose
Words that rhyme with disclose
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
- joes
Questions about disclose
- What does disclose mean?
- Disclose means to open up; unfasten.
- What is disclose in Hindi?
- Disclose in Hindi is फोड़ना (phoṛnā). See Disclose meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use disclose in a sentence?
- Some [nest toys] open to disclose a set of babies, tumbling dolls with weights, or old men might open so that they could be used as money-boxes.
- What part of speech is disclose?
- Disclose can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce disclose?
- Disclose is pronounced /dɪsˈkləʊz/.
- What is the past tense of disclose?
- The past tense of disclose is disclosed.
Words near disclose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disclose (page history and authors); फोड़ना (Hindi) (page history and authors); disclose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کھولنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); disclose (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disclose (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disclose (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disclose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉਗਲ਼ੱਛਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); भिद् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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