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Definition: Revealing |
RevealingAdjective1. Disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down". 2. Showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and revealing". Noun1. Making something evident. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "revealing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: RevealingSynonyms: telling (adj), telltale(a) (adj), disclosure (n), revelation (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: concealing (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Revealing |
| English words defined with "revealing": anserine ♦ betraying ♦ consummate ♦ dirty, discerning, dopey, dopy ♦ electronic manipulative deception, Etching figures, eye opener ♦ fearful, fool, foolish ♦ gooselike, goosey, goosy, guilt-ridden ♦ hush ♦ impassive, incognito, inept ♦ manipulative electronic deception, masterful, masterly ♦ overreaching ♦ Revealment ♦ stolid ♦ tactless, timorous, trepid ♦ vaulting, virtuoso. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "revealing": BALLISTICS EXPERT, FORENSIC ♦ Canfield's reagent ♦ firearms expert ♦ interactive proof system ♦ Port Address Translation ♦ renown, retcon, revelation ♦ When It's Done. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "revealing": Reveal. (references) |
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Screenplays | Join us tomorrow and everyday until the curfew is lifted as we'll be revealing embarrassing secrets about Springfield's other adults (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) It can be very, very revealing. Just read something, anything (Next Stop Wonderland; writing credit: Brad Anderson; Lyn Vaus) The candles are lit, the band is playing, and as the force-shielded dome above us slides apart, revealing a dark and sullen sky, hung with the ancient light of livid, swollen stars, I can see that we are in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) You're supposed to say something revealing back to me. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) They are more essential than its stones or beams, and they will continue to be a kindling force and a revealing power in our lives (The Emperor's Club; writing credit: Neil Tolkin) | |
Lyrics | That in my eyes you're so revealing (In My Pocket; performing artist: Mandy Moore) Time to show all your feeling, all the night is revealing (Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?; performing artist: Steve Winwood) | |
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 | Dr. Henry Kaplan, in the 1950's, with an early model of the Linear Accelerator developed to treat cancer. For this picture the protective hood was removed, revealing the electronic insides of the six-million volt machine, used for radiation treatment. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Photomicrograph of Giemsa stained lung tissue from a patient with fatal human plague, revealing pneumonia, and an abundance of Y. pestis organisms. Credit: CDC. |
 | Head opened at autopsy revealing purulent inflammation of leptomeninges beneath reflected dura. Credit: CDC. |  | Here we see two infected red blood cells, (RBC), during erythrocytic schizogony. One erythrocyte containing four rings (right), and another RBC (trophozoite) also infected with maturing P. vivax, and revealing basophilic stippling (left). Credit: CDC. |
 | The Hubble telescope has captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable ... Credit: NASA. |  | Caption: Kinetoscope. Door Open Revealing Mechanism; 1894; {23.100/43} (jpg). |
 | ... isotopes revealing the inner geography of the body. / [WHO] p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P. Almasy.. | ||
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Cardinal Jean Francois de Retz | She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average. |
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Health | The barium shows up white on x-ray film, revealing inflammation or other abnormalities in the intestine. (references) | |
The film shows an outline of the urinary tract, revealing even small changes in the structure of the tract. (references) | ||
Randomized, controlled human clinical trials are the "gold standard" for revealing the benefits and drawbacks of a therapy. (references) | ||
Business | Techint's pricing behavior in the tubular steel market is revealing. (references) | |
Even more revealing is the fact that during the 1991-1997 period, the U.S. captured a 78% market share of foreign procurement. (references) | ||
In the commodity plastics sector the difference between the real consumption of commodity plastics (3.9%) and the forecast (4.8%) is even more revealing. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Kenya | Reporting in these tabloids ran the gamut from revealing insider reports to unsubstantiated rumor-mongering. (references) |
Economic History | Costa Rica | The real sluggishness in the economy comes from elsewhere in the export sector where published statistics are less revealing. (references) |
Zambia | There are fines for revealing business proprietary information, but the fines are not large enough to penalize disclosure adequately. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | Hua Di, a Stanford researcher, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of revealing secrets of the country's missile program. (references) |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | Trade Secrets: The Industrial Property Law specifically allows criminal prosecution for revealing trade secrets of patented items, with a penalty of imprisonment for three months to a year or a fine. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators, who know nothing. |
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Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | The peaceful agencies of commerce are more fully revealing the necessary unity of all our communities, and the increasing intercourse of our people is promoting mutual respect. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | You don't cause a problem by revealing the problem. |
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| "Revealing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 91.48% of the time. "Revealing" is used about 961 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 91.48% | 879 | 8,083 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.69% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.52% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.31% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 961 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "revealing": self-revealing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "revealing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | كاشف (exhibitionist, revealer), موح (inspirer, suggestive), حمام كاشف, عاري (unclothed). (various references) | |
Chinese | 显露 (reveal, revealed). (various references) | |
Danish | undersoegelse ved hjaelp af en opslemning af magnetisk pulver, hvorved indeslutningerne i et lag under overfladen af emner af ferromagnetisk materiale kan goeres synlige, anvendes rutinemaessigt (tests using suspensions of magnetic particles are currently used for revealing inclusions near the surface of parts made from ferromagnetic materials). (various references) | |
Dutch | testmethoden die gebruik maken van in een vloeistof opgeloste magnetische deeltjes worden dikwijls gebruikt om insluitingen nabij het oppervlak zichtbaar te maken.Voorwaarde bij deze testmethoden is,dat het te onderzoeken materiaal ferro-magnetisch is (tests using suspensions of magnetic particles are currently used for revealing inclusions near the surface of parts made from ferromagnetic materials). (various references) | |
French | révélateur (revealer), révélant, qui ne cache rien, décolleté, décelant. (various references) | |
German | enthüllend (disclosing, divulging, uncloaking, uncovering, unveiling), aufdeckend (disclosing, uncovering). (various references) | |
Greek | αποκαλυπτικόσ (apocalyptical). (various references) | |
Hungarian | leleplező. (various references) | |
Italian | viene impiegato correntemente l'esame con l'aiuto di una sospensione di particelle magnetiche, che rende visibili inclusioni sotto la superficie di parti in materiali ferromagnetici (tests using suspensions of magnetic particles are currently used for revealing inclusions near the surface of parts made from ferromagnetic materials). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 披瀝 (expressing, state). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひれき (express one's opinion, expressing, make known, reveal, state). (various references) | |
Korean | 계시 (Apocalyptic, Apocalyptical). (various references) | |
Manx | taishbynagh (apocalyptic, showy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | evealingray.(various references) | |
Romanian | revelator (developing solution). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | koji otkriva. (various references) | |
Spanish | micrográficamente, se puede seguir la dirección de migración del carbono (directa o inversa) ya sea por medio de un reactivo de Oberhoffer, que deja expuestas las fibras (estructura de bandas primarias), utilizado sólo o junto con otro reactivos, o bi (or else by observing the different types of inclusions, the direction of migration of carbon(direct or inverse)can be detected micrographically either by means of Oberhoffer's etch for revealing the fibres(primary banded structure), used either alone or in conjunction with other reagents), las pruebas con ayuda de suspensión de partículas magnéticas para hacer visibles las inclusiones localizadas en la zona subyacente en la superficie de las piezas de material ferromagnético son de aplicación corriente (tests using suspensions of magnetic particles are currently used for revealing inclusions near the surface of parts made from ferromagnetic materials). (various references) | |
Swedish | avslöjande (betrayal, disclosure, expose, give away, revelation, unveiling). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งเผยให้รู้. (various references) | |
Turkish | dekolte (decolletage, decollete, low neck, low-cut, lownecked), anlamlı (eloquent, expressive, meaning, meaningful, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, rich, significant, significative), açıklayıcı (elucidatory, explanatory, expository, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adapertione. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "revealing": revealingly. (additional references) | |
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"Revealing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ravealonga, remetalling, revealings, revelings, telesaling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "revealing" (pronounced rivē"ling or rēvē"ling) |
| 4 | -ē" l i ng | annealing, appealing, ceiling, concealing, dealing, feeling, healing, Keeling, kneeling, peeling, reeling, repealing, sealing, Seeling, squealing, stealing, unappealing, unfeeling, wheeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | appalling, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, killing, kindling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, seedling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
| 4 | -ē" l i ng | annealing, appealing, ceiling, concealing, dealing, feeling, healing, Keeling, kneeling, peeling, reeling, repealing, sealing, Seeling, squealing, stealing, unappealing, unfeeling, wheeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | appalling, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, killing, kindling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, seedling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: laveering. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-l-n-r-v" | |
-1 letter: algerine, levering, raveling, reveling. | |
-2 letters: aliener, aligner, avenger, engrail, engrave, enlarge, evangel, general, gleaner, leavier, leaving, leering, lineage, livener, nargile, ravelin, realign, reaving, reeling, reeving, reginae, reginal, regiven, vealier, vealing, veering, veliger, vinegar. | |
-3 letters: alevin, aliner, alvine, angler, avenge, earing, enrage, envier, eviler, gainer, galere, genera, geneva, genial, glaire, glaive, gravel, graven, greave. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-l-n-r-v" | |
+1 letter: leveraging. | |
+2 letters: everlasting, lavendering, overleaping, revealingly. | |
+3 letters: everlastings, interleaving, intervillage, overcleaning, overclearing, overlearning, overpedaling, reevaluating. | |
+4 letters: cantilevering, everlastingly, overbearingly, overbleaching, overpedalling. | |
+5 letters: conglomerative, hypervigilance, overexplaining, overgeneralize, overidealizing, overregulating, overregulation, superelevating. | |
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