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Past tense of reveal

regular verb

The past tense of reveal is revealed. The past participle is also revealed.

Forms of reveal

Base form (V1)reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/
Past tense (V2)revealed /ɹəˈviːld/
Past participle (V3)revealed /ɹəˈviːld/
Present participlerevealing /ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/
Third person singularreveals

Revealed in a sentence

  • A subject fills the frame, then with a move, something else is revealed.2002, Blain Brown, Cinematography, →ISBN
  • The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
  • He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues.From the entry calculator
  • A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.From the entry report
  • A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.From the entry canon

Meaning of reveal

  1. noun The outer side of a window or door frame.
  2. noun A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
  3. verb To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.

Full definition of reveal

Questions about the past tense of reveal

What is the past tense of reveal?
The past tense of reveal is revealed.
What is the past participle of reveal?
The past participle of reveal is revealed.
Is reveal a regular or irregular verb?
Reveal is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reveal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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