# reveal

Pronunciation: say "ri-VEEL" US /ɹɪˈvil/, UK/AUS /ɹɪˈviːl/

## Verb

1. To make known something that was secret or not known before, or to uncover something so that it can be seen.
   - Simple: To show something that was hidden or kept secret.
   - _Investigators promised to reveal their findings at the press conference._
   - _The magician revealed the hidden card with a flourish._
3. To disclose knowledge available only through instruction from God or a supernatural power.
   - Simple: To make known something that could only be learned through God or another higher power.
   - _The angel revealed the prophecy to her in a dream._
   - _Believers hold that the deity chose to reveal sacred mysteries to the faithful._

## Noun

2. A revelation; the moment of uncovering what had been hidden in a scene or story. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The moment in a story or show when something hidden is finally shown.
   - _Sitcom writers timed the reveal for maximum comic effect._
   - _The episode's two reveals reshaped everything viewers thought they knew._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In building, the side surface of an opening for a window or door, running from the frame to the outer face of the wall.

## Origin

This comes through Middle English revelen and Old French reveler from Latin revelare ("to reveal, uncover"), formed from re- ("back, again") plus velare ("to cover"), from velum ("a cloth, veil, covering, curtain, sail"), which also gave English veil, unveil, and voile.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/reveal (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).