reveal

«reveal» in Mova's school dictionary: to show something that was hidden — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (reveal, reveals, revealed, revealing); noun (a reveal — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) To reveal something is to show something that was hidden. tree →

2) To reveal something is to tell a secret or a fact that people did not know. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories the ending often reveals a secret or who did it. In science experiments results reveal facts. In safety lessons pupils learn not to reveal personal information (address, passwords) online. Phrases: «reveal a secret», «reveal the answer», «it was revealed that…».

examples

• The magician pulled away the cloth to reveal a rabbit. tree →
• Don't reveal your password to anyone. tree →
• At the end of the book, it is revealed who the thief was. tree →
• Scratch the card to reveal the prize. tree →
• The X-ray revealed a broken bone. tree →
• When the tide went out, it revealed rock pools. tree →
• Surely morning was not already coming to hasten and reveal his disgrace! tree →

note

Past: «revealed». Noun: «revelation». Opposite: «hide», «conceal». «Revealing» can also mean showing a lot («a revealing interview»).

In the corpora

• Revealing the danger too fast removes the suspense.
• The fun is the shared laugh: a good trick is harmless, quickly revealed, and the person fooled laughs too.
• A good April joke is silly, not scary, and is revealed quickly.
• Joseph revealed himself, wept and forgave his brothers.
• Splitting starlight into a rainbow, called a spectrum, shows dark lines that reveal which elements the star is made of.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reveal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.