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dis‧close /dɪsˈkləʊz $ -ˈkloʊz/ verb [transitive]
فاش کردن
باز کردن، آشکار کردن، حقوقی: افشاء کردن
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Synonyms & Related Wordsdisclose[verb]Synonyms:- make known, broadcast, communicate, confess, divulge, let slip, publish, relate, reveal
- show, bring to light, expose, lay bare, reveal, uncover, unveil
Contrasted words: conceal, hide, camouflage, cloak, disguise, dissemble, mask
Related Idioms: make public
Related Words: acknowledge,
admit,
avow,
confess,
own
English Thesaurus: reveal, tell, disclose, divulge, make something public, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarydis‧close /dɪsˈkləʊz $ -ˈkloʊz/
verb [transitive] formal[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: desclore, from Medieval Latin disclaudere 'to open']
1. to make something publicly known, especially after it has been kept secret
Synonym : reveal:
Some companies have already voluntarily disclosed similar information.
He refused to disclose the identity of the politician.disclose that
It was disclosed that £3.5 million was needed to modernize the building.2. to show something by removing the thing that covers it
Synonym : reveal [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsdisclose verb ADV. fully He had not fully disclosed all his business dealings.
publicly VERB + DISCLOSE be obliged to, be required to, must Members of Parliament are required to disclose all their financial interests.
be reluctant to | fail to, refuse to He failed to disclose all the information. PREP. to She was accused of disclosing confidential material to a competitor. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Thesaurusreveal to let someone know about something that is secret or has not been known until now:
Doctors are not allowed to reveal confidential information.
It was revealed that he had smoked marijuana at college.tell to talk about something to someone, so that they know about it:
Don’t tell anyone about this just yet.
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.
The agent did not disclose that there had been a violent crime in the house.divulge //daɪˈvʌldʒ, də-//
formal to reveal important or personal information which was previously secret or unknown:
The bank has refused to divulge its plans.
I’m afraid I cannot divulge what was said to me.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.
The government has agreed that sources of financing should in future be made public.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.
A man was charged today with leaking official secrets.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.
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. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲