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enthüllen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disclose verb To reveal information that was previously secret or unknown.
  • divulge verb To reveal information, especially something secret, so that it becomes known.
  • elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
  • reveal verb To show or make known something that was hidden or secret.
  • uncover verb To remove something that was covering an object.
  • unfold verb To open out something that was folded.
  • unravel verb To untangle or separate threads that have become knotted or woven together.
  • unveil verb To remove a covering and reveal something hidden.

Senses

enthüllen is used for these senses in English:

  • elicit To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
  • reveal (transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
  • uncover To remove a cover from.
  • unfold (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
  • unfold (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
  • unravel (also, reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.

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