reveal
Syllables: re·vealUK/ɹɪˈviːl//ɹɪˈvil/
reveal noun: the outer side of a window or door frame.
Noun
reveal (plural reveals)
- The outer side of a window or door frame.
- The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a canopied entrance with a doorman beneath an attractive, rusticated limestone window reveal on the second floor and a very impressive and ornate limestone window reveal on the third floor flanked by female...2010, Carter B. Horsley, The Upper East Side Book
- A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
- The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.
- A simple dolly or crane move can be used for an effective reveal. A subject fills the frame, then with a move, something else is revealed.2002, Blain Brown, Cinematography, →ISBN
Verb
reveal (third-person singular simple present reveals, present participle revealing, simple past and past participle revealed)
- To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.
- Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, / She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.c. 1625, Edmund Waller, Of the Danger His Majesty (being Prince) Escaped in the Road at St Andero
- 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
- To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
- Synonyms:
- disclose, divulge, bewray, bring to light, expose, let the cat out of the bag, let on, let out, make known, out
reveal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
reveal in Hindi
- to reveal, uncover, show
- पर्दा उठाना pardā uṭhānā
- to reveal, disclose, make clear
- ज़ाहिर करना zāhir karnā
- to reveal, disclose
- उगलना ugalnā
- to reveal
- उघाड़ना ughāṛnā, प्रकट करना prakaṭ karnā
reveal in Tamil
- வெளிப்படுத்து
reveal in Urdu
- to reveal, send
- اتارنا utārnā
reveal in Bengali
- রহস্যভেদ, প্রকাশ করা, উদ্ঘাটন করা, অনাবৃত করা, ব্যক্ত করা, উদ্ঘাটিত করা
More languagesFewer languages
- reveal in Telugu
- బయటపెట్టు bayaṭapeṭṭu, వెల్లడించు vellaḍiñcu
- reveal in Malayalam
- തെളിയിക്കുക teḷiyikkuka
- reveal in Kannada
- ತೋರಿಸು, ತೆರೆದುತೋರು, ಕಾಣಿಸುವಂತೆಮಾಡು, ಬಹಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸು
- reveal in Gujarati
- છતી કરો
- reveal in Nepali
- खुलासा गर्नुहोस्, प्रकट गर्नुहोस्, खुलासा गर्ने
- reveal in Arabic
- كَشَفَ kašafa, أَوْحَى ʔawḥā, أَنْزَلَ ʔanzala, نَزَّلَ nazzala
- reveal in Malay
- dedah
- reveal in Persian
- مکشوف ساختن makšuf sâxtan
- reveal in Thai
- เปิดเผย bpə̀ət-pə̌əi
- reveal in Vietnamese
- để lộ, tiết lộ, mặc khải
Examples of reveal in a sentence
- That’s basically what you’re in for with this British postapocalyptic survival horror tale, which starts off strong but dilutes its impact with every consecutive reveal.2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club:
- It was the construction workers who revealed that they had seen her at the corner of Poinciana Street and Main Highway, her thumb out, that afternoon.2026 July 29, Nicholas Muhoro, “Amy Billig Vanished While Hitchhiking Through Coconut Grove. Then the Calls Began”, in Skip Boring...
Synonyms of reveal
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Antonyms
Forms of reveal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | reveals |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | reveals |
| present participle | revealing |
| past participle | revealed |
| past | revealed |
Origin of reveal
From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)). Also compare typologically English uncloak, dismantle, divest, invest, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).
Words formed from reveal
Words that rhyme with reveal
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
- allele
Questions about reveal
- What does reveal mean?
- Reveal means the outer side of a window or door frame.
- What is reveal in Hindi?
- Reveal in Hindi is पर्दा उठाना (pardā uṭhānā), ज़ाहिर करना (zāhir karnā), उगलना (ugalnā). See Reveal meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use reveal in a sentence?
- That’s basically what you’re in for with this British postapocalyptic survival horror tale, which starts off strong but dilutes its impact with every consecutive reveal.
- What part of speech is reveal?
- Reveal can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce reveal?
- Reveal is pronounced /ɹɪˈviːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of reveal?
- The plural of reveal is reveals.
Words near reveal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reveal (page history and authors); उगलना (Hindi) (page history and authors); reveal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتارنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); reveal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); തെളിയിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); reveal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reveal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reveal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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