→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus reveal I’m not going to give away how much I paid for it! let slip informal to accidentally tell someone about something He let slip that he was envious of his older brother. give something away ( also spill the beans informal ) to tell someone something that you want to keep secret He was careful not to give away any trade secrets. A man was charged today with leaking official secrets. leak to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company etc, when a government or other organization wants to keep it secret The contents of the email were leaked to the press. The government has agreed that sources of financing should in future be made public. make something public to tell people about important information, especially after it has been kept secret Apparently they were engaged for some time before making it public. I’m afraid I cannot divulge what was said to me. divulge / daɪˈvʌldʒ, də- / formal to reveal important or personal information which was previously secret or unknown The bank has refused to divulge its plans. The agent did not disclose that there had been a violent crime in the house. Shall I tell you a secret? disclose formal to publicly reveal something such as a fact or a name that has been kept secret The terms of the agreement have not yet been disclosed. tell to talk about something to someone, so that they know about it Don’t tell anyone about this just yet. It was revealed that he had smoked marijuana at college. ► see thesaurus at show THESAURUS reveal to let someone know about something that is secret or has not been known until now Doctors are not allowed to reveal confidential information.
2 SHOW/LET somebody SEE something to show something that was previously hidden OPP conceal The curtain opened to reveal the grand prize. reveal yourself (as/to be something) The violinist revealed himself as a talented interpreter of classical music. a test that can reveal a teacher’s hidden skills reveal (that) He revealed that he had been in prison twice before.
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