reveal
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
cinematography
comedy
entertainment
film
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
media
narratology
sciences
television
Etymology: From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
Also compare typologically English uncloak, dismantle, divest, invest, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).
Inflected forms:
form: reveals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reveals
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: revealing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: revealed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: revealed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The outer side of a window or door frame.
pos: noun
examples: The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a canopied entrance with a doorman beneath an attractive, rusticated limestone window reveal on the second floor and a very impressive and ornate limestone window reveal on the third floor flanked by female figureshttps://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/carnegie-hill/1105-park-avenue/review/7216.
gloss: A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
pos: noun
tags: informal
usually
examples: 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.
A simple dolly or crane move can be used for an effective reveal. A subject fills the frame, then with a move, something else is revealed.
Once you find out what’s going on—the girl is a “hungry,” this film’s term for zombies—it’s still interesting enough, if not quite as powerful. That’s basically what you’re in for with this British postapocalyptic survival horror tale, which starts off strong but dilutes its impact with every consecutive reveal.
Even Westworld—based on a science-fiction novel where robots run amok—ended its second season with the ultimate reveal: human beings are simpler and more predictable than the artificial intelligences we create.
gloss: To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: c. 1625, Edmund Waller, Of the Danger His Majesty (being Prince) Escaped in the Road at St Andero
Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, / She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
gloss: To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: bare
bewray
betray
display
expose
find out
lay bare
luster
nake
open
reveal
show
uncloak
uncover
unfold
unveil
Antonyms: cover
cover up
hide
Related words: unveil
veil
velum
voile
dénouement
plot twist
Derived words: face reveal
gender reveal
sex reveal
misreveal
revealability
revealable
revealed religion
revealee
revealer
revealment
revelation
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