Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To discover; expose to sight, recognition, or understanding; disclose; divulge; make known.
- Specifically To disclose as religious truth; divulge by supernatural means; make known by divine agency.
- In metaphysics, to afford an immediate knowledge of.
- Synonyms To unveil, uncover, communicate, show, impart.
- noun A revealing; disclosure.
- noun In architecture, one of the vertical faces of a window-opening or a doorway, included between the face of the wall and that of the window- or door-frame, when such frame is present.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A revealing; a disclosure.
- noun (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.
- transitive verb To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
- transitive verb Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
outer side of awindow ordoor frame ; thejamb . - noun cinematography, comedy A
revelation ; an uncovering of what was hidden. - noun obsolete The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the
jamb . - verb transitive To
uncover ; toshow anddisplay that which was hidden. - verb transitive To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make visible
- 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
- verb disclose directly or through prophets
Etymologies
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Examples
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So we were very glad when they reached the version 1.0 but as the title reveal, they have not stopped at that.
VOIP IP Telephony 2009
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So we were very glad when they reached the version 1.0 but as the title reveal, they have not stopped at that.
VOIP IP Telephony 2009
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TRON trailer was all that much better (beyond its title reveal finish).
Gizmodo Mark Wilson 2010
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The title reveal as Potter tries to cast a spell beneath his sheets adds just a bit of flair than we’re used to, followed by the opening moments of the film proper, which portray Harry’s insufferable home life, a sequence we’ve scene played out twice already.
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And, I think that what the documents reveal is the extent to which American soldiers were disturbed by this and did try to call the Iraqis out on it in some cases.
WikiLeaks Documents Highlight Problem of Security Force Training 2010
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We kind of suspected it, but the reveal is still effective when Joan is on the phone to her military husband and we learn she has kept the baby (from her tryst with Roger) and has told her husband they're expecting.
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What it will reveal is a government driven by fear.
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The big reveal is that everyone, getting real caffeine or fake, saw their brain getting more blood flow and activity, and the placebo crew felt just as awake or tired throughout the day as their temporarily lucky counterparts.
Beat Caffeine Addiction, Then Stay Awake With Placebos | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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And, I think that what the documents reveal is the extent to which American soldiers were disturbed by this and did try to call the Iraqis out on it in some cases.
WikiLeaks Documents Highlight Problem of Security Force Training 2010
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And, I think that what the documents reveal is the extent to which American soldiers were disturbed by this and did try to call the Iraqis out on it in some cases.
WikiLeaks Documents Highlight Problem of Security Force Training 2010
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