disclosed

Everyday

1. Disclosed is the past form of «disclose»: told or made known something that was secret or private. tree →
2. (adjective) Disclosed information has been made public or told. tree →
3. Disclosed can mean uncovered or shown, when something hidden is revealed. tree →

In the lessons

Common in news reports and formal writing: «the price was not disclosed», «an undisclosed location». In stories it shows a secret coming out. Phrases: not disclosed, publicly disclosed, undisclosed.

Examples

• The boy disclosed that he had broken the window. tree →
• The price of the house was not disclosed. tree →
• The report disclosed that the river was polluted. tree →
• She disclosed her worries to the school nurse. tree →
• The team's new coach was disclosed at the press meeting. tree →
• The detective disclosed who the thief was at the end. tree →
• The money was paid to an undisclosed person. tree →
• This, when removed, disclosed a flight of stone steps which led to a large room richly furnished and lighted by tapers. tree →

Note

Past of «disclose». Opposite adjective: undisclosed (kept secret). «Disclosed» means told; «discovered» means found out — different ideas.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, it means that God revealed the secrets of the letters to Abraham. In Samuel it means that two men showed themselves, letting the enemy see them.

Interpretation. Tradition says that Abraham was given the secret of how the world was made from the letters, and that Sefer Yetzirah records it. The story of Jonathan and his armour-bearer is read as the start of a victory that came from faith.

Examples

• He bound the essences of the twenty-two letters on his tongue, and God disclosed to him the secrets of them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• And both of them disclosed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines; and the Philistines said: 'Behold Hebrews coming forth out of the holes where they hid themselves.' (Prophets 1SA.14.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Past of «disclose». Opposite adjective: undisclosed (kept secret). «Disclosed» means told; «discovered» means found out — different ideas.