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Definition: Unmask |
UnmaskVerb1. Reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician". 2. Take the mask of; "unmask the imposter". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unmask" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Synonym: UnmaskSynonym: uncloak (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: mask (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disclosure | Verb: disclose, discover, dismask; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel; take off the seal, break the seal; lay open, lay bare; expose; open, open up; bare, bring to light. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unmask |
| English words defined with "unmask": Unface, Unvisard. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Unmask (1999) | |
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 | Scary movie; surprise; descry; detect; encounter; expose; hit upon; meet with; spot; surprise; take unawares; turn up; unmask. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Unmask" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 78.95% of the time. "Unmask" is used about 19 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 (infinitive) | 78.95% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.79% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kane unmask | 17 |
unmask | 13 |
password unmask | 13 |
kane unmask wwe | 7 |
kane picture unmask | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unmask"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | heq maskën, demaskoj (belie, debunk, disclose, disrobe, reveal, uncloak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فضح (compromise, disclose, disgrace, expose, exposure, shame, show up), كشف القناع عن, خلع القناع عن, إنفضح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свалям си маската, свалям маската на (unveil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 揭露 (expose, ferret out), '下假面具 (unmasking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sejmout masku, odmaskovat, odhalit (be on to smb., bring out, detect, disclose, expose, find out, reveal, show smb. up, show up, spy out, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unfold, unlock, unveil), demaskovat (expose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چیزی رااشکارکردن , نقاب برداشتن از. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | riisua naamio (trow off the mask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se démasquer, demasquer, démasquer (uncloak), ôter son masque, ôter le masque de. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entlarven (debunk, expose, to debunk, uncover), demaskieren (expose), bloßstellen (expose, show up, to compromise oneself, to expose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξεσκεπάζω (expose, lay bare, uncover), ανακαλύπτω (catch out, detect, dig out, discover, find out, trace, unearth), αφαιρώ το προσωπείο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לחשוף את "אמת, ל"סיר מעט" (unwrap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | leleplezi magát (to unmask), leleplez (debunk, detect, identify, inaugurate, to debunk, to denounce, to detect, to disclose, to expose, to identify, to lay bare, to show up, to uncloak, to uncover, to unfold, to unmask, to unveil, unveil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | smascherare (debunk, expose, show up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 抜く (to disclose, to expose, to unmask), 化けの皮'剥ぐ (to unmask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すっぱぬく (to disclose, to expose, to unmask), ばけのかわ'はぐ (to unmask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | askunmay revelar (betray, bewray, break, demonstrate, disclose, discover, disembosom, display, expose, lay bare, publicize, represent, reveal, show, smoke out, unbosom, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unfold, unkennel, unveil), mostrar (bare, create, demonstrate, denote, designate, develop, discover, display, draw, drew, evince, exert, exhibit, hold up, indicate, intimate, keep up, offer, point out, produce, record, reflect, reveal, set forth, show, show off, show up, signify, to show, turn up, unfold, wear), desmascarar-se, desmascarar (explode, find, smoke out, uncloak), descobrir (ascertain, bare, bewray, denudate, denude, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, elicit, espy, find, find out, get out, hunt out, hunt up, identify, lay open, lay up bare, open, pioneer, poke about, publicize, reveal, see, show up, spell out, strike, surprise, to discover, uncap, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unearth, unkennel, unveil). (various references) scoate mascã, demasca (catch out, debunk, demonstrate, denounce, exhibit, expose, lay open, show up, throw off the mask), arãta în luminã adevãratã. (various references) демаскировать. (various references) skinuti masku, demaskirati. (various references) desenmascarar (debunk, expose, show up). (various references) demaskera (expose). (various references) maskesini çıkarmak, maskesi düşmek, gerçek yüzünü görmek, foyasını çıkarmak (prick the bubble). (various references) викривати (accuse, belie, debunk, denounce, inculpate, show up, unclose, unfrock), знімати маску. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unmask": unmasked, unmasker, unmaskers, unmasking, unmasks. (additional references) | |
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"Unmask" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dunyask, Gurmack, numast, Uematsu, umas, umask, Umast, umiaks, unask, unmast. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unmask" (pronounced unma"sk) |
| 4 | -m a" s k | mask. |
| 3 | -a" s k | ask, bask, basque, cask, flask, task. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-m-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: ankus, manus. | |
-2 letters: amus, anus, auks, kuna, mans, mask, maun, muns, musk, sank, skua, sunk. | |
-3 letters: amu, ask, auk, kas, man, mas, mun, mus, nam, nus, sau, ska, sum, sun, uns. | |
-4 letters: am, an, as, ka, ma, mu, na, nu, um, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-m-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: unmakes, unmasks. | |
+2 letters: muntjaks, unmakers, unmasked, unmasker. | |
+3 letters: bunkmates, molluskan, unmaskers, unmasking. | |
+4 letters: moonquakes. | |
+5 letters: mountebanks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 6D 61 73 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -- .- ... -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101101 01100001 01110011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n m a s k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 006D 0061 0073 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558079678577 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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