reveal
Academic Word List, sublist 6.
About 21.22 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The outer side of a window or door frame.
- noun A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.
- verb To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.
- verb To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
Similar words
break uncover disclose unveil display expose bring out let on show discover
Often followed by
the that a to his their an any themselves
Word family
revealable revealed revealer revealers revealing reveals revelation revelations
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