# disclose

Pronunciation: say "dis-KLOHZ" /dɪsˈkləʊz/

## Verb

1. To make something known to others, stating it openly or revealing it.
   - Simple: To tell others something that was secret or not known before.
   - _The report disclosed serious safety problems at the factory._
   - _Officials are required to disclose any financial conflicts of interest._
2. To uncover something or bring it physically into view.
   - Simple: To take off a cover so that something can be seen.
   - _Lifting the lid disclosed a nest of tangled wires inside._
   - _Archaeologists carefully brush away soil to disclose ancient mosaics._

## Verb

3. To open up or unfasten something. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To open something up, or to unfasten it.

## Noun

4. A disclosure; an act of making something known. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A telling or showing of something that was secret before.
   - _His unexpected disclose of the plot alarmed the whole council._
   - _The merchant feared the disclose of his heavy losses._

## Origin

This comes from Middle English disclosen, via Middle French desclos and Old French desclore, from Vulgar Latin disclaudere (from Latin dis- plus claudere, "to close, shut"), or perhaps as a variant of discludere. The English equivalent is dis- plus close.

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