verb · neutral
reveal
/rɪˈviːl/re·VEAL
Band 7+task2speaking
To make known something that was previously secret or unknown
Examples
“The survey revealed a strong preference for online learning.”
“New documents revealed serious financial irregularities.”
“The results revealed that most participants had prior experience.”
Band 8 sentence
“The analysis revealed a previously unnoticed correlation between income and educational attainment.”
Collocations
- reveal information
- reveal that
- be revealed
Word family
reveal verbrevelation nounrevealing adjective
Common mistakes
The study reveals about the causes.→The study reveals the causes.
The results were revealing that...→The results revealed that...
Say it for a higher band
5show→6demonstrate→7+reveal
Synonyms
disclose
Easily confused
show
“The data revealed a decline in biodiversity over the last decade.”
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