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Disclose: Meaning, Examples, and Usage Guide (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：reveal a secret (disclose)

disclose 🔊

/dɪsˈkloʊz/

vt.

To tell someone a piece of information that was secret or not known before.

Disclose a secret: friend whispering at cafe table

reveal a secret 🔊

➕

/rɪˈviːl ə ˈsiːkrɪt/

vt.

To tell someone information that was previously unknown or kept hidden, usually in a personal or private setting.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'dis-' (apart) + 'claudere' (to shut) => to un-shut, reveal.

💡 Mnemonic

Disclose: 'dis' means apart, 'close' means shut; so to un-shut a secret.

📖 Example

She leaned in and disclosed the exciting news about her promotion to her best friend first. 🔊 She leaned in and told her best friend first the exciting news about her promotion.

🔗 Collocations

disclose information – to reveal facts or data that were secret

disclose details – to make specific pieces of information known

disclose the truth – to reveal what really happened

🔄 Synonyms

reveal (vt.) – To make something known that was hidden or secret.

divulge (vt.) – To reveal private or sensitive information.

uncover (vt.) – To discover or expose something that was hidden.

🚫 Antonyms

conceal (vt.) – To keep something hidden or secret.

hide (vt.) – To put or keep out of sight.

suppress (vt.) – To prevent information from being known or published.

🌱 Derivatives

disclosure (n.) – The act of revealing information.

disclosing (adj.) – That reveals or makes known.

disclosed (adj.) – That has been revealed or made known.

📖 Cultural Story

Evolved from Latin 'discludere' (shut apart). Initially meant to open something closed; now widely used in legal, business, and personal contexts for revealing secrets or official data.

Meaning 2：make public (official) (disclose)

disclose 🔊

/dɪsˈkloʊz/

vt.

To make information known to the public officially, often about important matters like business or government.

Disclose official info: press conference with chart

make public (official) 🔊

➕

/meɪk ˈpʌblɪk əˈfɪʃəl/

vt.

To formally release or reveal information to the public, often in business, government, or legal contexts.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：Advanced

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The tech company will disclose its quarterly earnings report to the public next Friday. 🔊 The tech company will officially release its quarterly earnings report to the public next Friday.

🔗 Collocations

disclose earnings – to publicly report financial profits or losses

disclose data – to make collected information available to the public

disclose findings – to reveal the results of a study or investigation

🔄 Synonyms

announce (vt.) – To make a public statement about something important.

publish (vt.) – To make information available to the public, often in printed or digital form.

broadcast (vt.) – To transmit information widely via media.

🚫 Antonyms

conceal (vt.) – To keep information hidden from the public.

keep secret (phrase) – To not reveal information to others.

withhold (vt.) – To refuse to give information that is expected or required.

🌱 Derivatives

disclosure (n.) – The formal release of information.

undisclosed (adj.) – Not revealed or made known.

discloser (n.) – A person or entity that reveals information.