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1 reveal
reveal [rɪ'vi:l](a) (disclose, divulge) révéler;∎ the press revealed he had accepted bribes la presse révéla qu'il avait accepté des pots-de-vin;∎ to reveal a secret révéler ou divulguer un secret;∎ the police do not want to reveal the identity of the victim la police ne veut pas révéler l'identité de la victime∎ she removed the veil to reveal her face elle enleva son voile pour découvrir son visage;∎ he tried hard not to reveal his true feelings il s'efforça de ne pas révéler ses vrais sentiments;∎ the undertaking revealed itself to be impossible l'entreprise s'est révélée impossible;∎ a medical examination revealed two cracked ribs un examen médical a permis de découvrir deux côtes fêlées -
2 reveal
reveal [rɪˈvi:l]* * *[rɪ'viːl] 1.transitive verb1) ( make public) dévoiler [truth]; révéler [secret]to reveal all — ( divulge) tout dire
2) ( make visible) découvrir [view, picture]2.revealed religion — religion f révélée
to reveal oneself — [person] se montrer; [God] se révéler
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3 reveal
A vtr1 ( make public) dévoiler [truth, plan, fault] ; révéler [secret] ; to reveal that révéler que ; to reveal sth to sb révéler qch à qn ; to reveal sb to be sth révéler qn comme étant qch ; to reveal sb's identity révéler l'identité de qn ; to reveal all ( divulge) tout dire ; ( undress) tout montrer ;B v refl to reveal oneself [person] se montrer ; [God] se révéler ; to reveal oneself to be se révéler être.
См. также в других словарях:
divulge a secret — tell a secret … English contemporary dictionary
Divulge — Di*vulge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divulged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divulging}.] [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di = dis + vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people. See {Vulgar}.] 1. To make public; to several or communicate to the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Secret combination (Latter Day Saints) — In the Latter Day Saint movement, a secret combination is a secret society of people bound together by oaths to carry out the evil purposes of the group. [LDS Church, [http://scriptures.lds.org/gs/s/37 Guide to the Scriptures: Secret… … Wikipedia
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divulge — di|vulge [daıˈvʌldʒ, dı ] v [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: divulgare to make widely known to everyone , from vulgus the common people ] to give someone information that should be secret = ↑reveal divulge information/secrets/details … Dictionary of contemporary English
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divulge — UK [daɪˈvʌldʒ] / US [dɪˈvʌldʒ] verb [transitive] Word forms divulge : present tense I/you/we/they divulge he/she/it divulges present participle divulging past tense divulged past participle divulged formal to give information about something,… … English dictionary
secret */*/*/ — I UK [ˈsiːkrət] / US [ˈsɪkrət] noun [countable] Word forms secret : singular secret plural secrets 1) a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people He was accused of selling… … English dictionary