Reveal

Quick meaning: Reveal is a noun meaning The outer side of a window or door frame.

Meaning

The outer side of a window or door frame.

More Meanings

1. (cinematography, narratology, comedy, usually informal) A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
2. (transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
3. (transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• reveals
• revealing
• revealed

Synonyms for reveal

Depending on context, synonyms include bare, bewray, betray, display, expose, luster.

Antonyms for reveal

Common opposites include cover, cover up, hide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include break, uncover, disclose, unveil, display, expose.

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