MEANING
To make information known, especially information that was private or hidden.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- disclose a conflict of interest
- disclose the details
On the page
The archive would not disclose the donor's identity until the agreement expired.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- disclose
- Past tense
- disclosed
- Past participle
- disclosed
- Present participle
- disclosing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disclose
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disclosing
- Present perfect
- have/has disclosed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disclosing
- Past
- disclosed
- Past continuous
- was/were disclosing
- Past perfect
- had disclosed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disclosing
- Future
- will disclose
- Future continuous
- will be disclosing
- Future perfect
- will have disclosed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disclosing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: disclose; discloses; disclosed; disclosed; disclosing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, action. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: discloses.
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