verb · neutral
reveal
/rɪˈviːl/re·VEAL
Band 6-7task2speaking
to make something known that was previously secret or unknown
Examples
“The survey revealed a significant gap between rural and urban households.”
“He refused to reveal the source of the information.”
“The study revealed that students preferred online tutorials.”
Band 8 sentence
“Longitudinal analysis of the data revealed subtle changes in consumer behaviour over a decade.”
Collocations
- reveal data/findings
- reveal the cause/reason
- reveal a pattern
Word family
revelation nounrevealed adj
Common mistakes
show→reveal
tell→reveal
Say it for a higher band
5show→6display→7+reveal
Synonyms
disclose
uncover
Easily confused
disclose
“The report revealed a number of previously unknown problems.”
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