reveal
//ɹɪˈviːl//
Forms
- Plural
- reveals
- present (v1)
- reveal
- past (v2)
- revealed
- past participle (v3)
- revealed
- present participle
- revealing
- 3rd person singular
- reveals
Definitions
1.The outer side of a window or door frame.
2.A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.(informal)
- 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.
- 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.
- Even Westworld, based on a science-fiction novel where robots run amok, ended its second season with the ultimate reveal: human beings are simpler and more predictable than the artificial intelligences we create.
1.To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
- 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.
2.To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1011
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
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)).