{
    "term": "disclose",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "disclose",
            "heSheIt": "discloses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "disclosed",
        "pastParticiple": "disclosed",
        "ingForm": "disclosing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give somebody information about something, especially something that was previously secret",
            "sensetop": "disclose something (to somebody)disclose that…it is disclosed that…disclose what, whether, etc…",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The spokesman refused to disclose details of the takeover to the press.",
                    "contextForm": "disclose something (to somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report discloses that human error was to blame for the accident.",
                    "contextForm": "disclose that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was disclosed that two women were being interviewed by the police.",
                    "contextForm": "it is disclosed that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I cannot disclose what we discussed.",
                    "contextForm": "disclose what, whether, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had not fully disclosed all his business dealings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Members of Parliament are required to disclose all their financial interests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She refused to disclose the source of her information"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was accused of disclosing confidential material to a competitor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was ordered to disclose all the relevant documents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "State law requires unions to disclose financial information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The amounts of money were higher than previously disclosed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has disclosed details of new plans to expand."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "reveal",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fully", "publicly", "voluntarily"],
                "verb + disclose": ["be obliged to", "be required to", "must"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["previously disclosed"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to allow something that was hidden to be seen",
            "sensetop": "disclose something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The door swung open, disclosing a long dark passage."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "reveal"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊz/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/disclose__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊzɪz/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/discloses__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊzd/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/disclosed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/disclosing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊz/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/disclose__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊzɪz/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/discloses__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊzd/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/disclosed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈkləʊzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/disclose/disclosing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French desclos-, stem of desclore, based on Latin claudere ‘to close’."
}