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disclose

v.
C1 Advanced Oxford US //dɪˈskɫoʊz// UK //dɪsklˈəʊz// dis·close Archaic

v. to share a secret or give out information that was hidden before. You often see this in news about business or the law.

v. to make secret or new information known. Often carries a formal or legal connotation regarding the release of previously restricted data.


SIMPLE

The company must disclose its profits every year.

CONTEXTUAL

Under the new agreement, the celebrity was required to disclose any paid partnerships in her social media posts.

COMPLEX

The whistleblower refused to disclose the identity of his source, citing a moral obligation to protect those who had risked their careers to expose the truth.

Synonyms
Origin

From Middle English disclosen, from Middle French desclos, from Old French desclore, itself from Vulgar Latin disclaudere, from Latin dis- + claudere (“to close, shut”) or as a variant of discludo, discludere (cf. disclude). By surface analysis, dis- + close.

Usage

The verb is transitive and takes a direct object; it is frequently used in passive constructions in legal contexts.

Pitfall

disclose about the secretdisclose the secretDisclose is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'about'.

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