disclosure

CEFRB1

/dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Information that is made known, especially something previously secret.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known.

Examples

  • Disclosure is the act or result of communicating something secret or hidden to other people.

  • There will be a big disclosure.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /dɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

  2. The act of revealing something.

More examples

In context

  • The newspaper’s disclosure of defence secrets

  • get full disclosure

  • Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken; […]

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Origin

noun

From disclose by analogy with closure. A purely English formation.