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Secret (Ayumi Hamasaki album) — Secret Studio album by Ayumi Hamasaki Released November 29, 2006 … Wikipedia
secret */*/*/ — I UK [ˈsiːkrət] / US [ˈsɪkrət] noun [countable] Word forms secret : singular secret plural secrets 1) a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people He was accused of selling… … English dictionary
disclose */*/ — UK [dɪsˈkləʊz] / US [dɪsˈkloʊz] verb [transitive] Word forms disclose : present tense I/you/we/they disclose he/she/it discloses present participle disclosing past tense disclosed past participle disclosed 1) to give information to people,… … English dictionary
disclose — dis|close [dısˈkləuz US ˈklouz] v [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: desclore, from Medieval Latin disclaudere to open ] 1.) to make something publicly known, especially after it has been kept secret = ↑reveal ▪ Some companies… … Dictionary of contemporary English
disclose — dis|close [ dıs klouz ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to give information to people, especially information that was secret: Most of the people interviewed requested that their identity not be disclosed. disclose that: They were reluctant to disclose… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
disclose — verb (T) 1 to make something publicly known, especially after it has been kept secret from the public: The Security Service is unlikely to disclose any information. | disclose that: It has recently been disclosed that 30% of donations are spent… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
disclose — /dɪs kləυz/ verb to tell something that was previously unknown to other people or secret ● The bank has no right to disclose details of my account to the tax office … Dictionary of banking and finance
disclose — verb make (secret or new information) known. ↘allow (something hidden) to be seen. Derivatives discloser noun disclosure noun Origin ME: from OFr. desclos , stem of desclore, based on L. claudere to close … English new terms dictionary
divulge, disclose — These terms mean to make known to others what was intended to be kept secret, private, or confidential. Divulge is more likely to be used when something previously secret is revealed to a small number of people or a particular group; disclose… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
lay something bare — REVEAL, disclose, divulge, show, expose, exhibit, uncover, unveil, unmask, make a clean breast of, make known, make public. → lay * * * lay something bare phrase to make something known that has been hidden or secret All the facts of the… … Useful english dictionary
