verb
disclose
dihs-KLOHZ
verb
1
To reveal information that was previously secret or unknown.
"The company had to disclose its financial losses to shareholders."
"He refused to disclose his sources to the journalist."
How to Use Disclose
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo make known something that had been hidden or private.
When to use it
Common in formal, legal, and business contexts (disclosing financial or medical information).
Common pairings
disclose information
fully disclose
disclose a secret
Word Forms
disclosed past tense, discloses plural, discloses singular
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Etymology
From Old French desclore, "to unclose, uncover" — built from dis- plus Latin claudere, "to close."