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disclosed

disclosed

3.6
Made known after being secret
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈkloʊzd/
translation icon : divulgado
  • The financial statements were disclosed to the public last week.

Examples

  • The disclosed information led to an official investigation.

  • The disclosed documents were shocking to the public!

  • Details of the agreement remain disclosed only to the company board.

  • The disclosed information changed everything!

  • The financial statements were disclosed to the public last week.

  • The disclosed information led to an official investigation.

  • Details of the agreement remain disclosed only to the company board.

Synonyms

declassified
vsdisclosed
  • Formal
1 4.8

Made public after being secret or private

is a general act of revealing rather than an official removal of secrecy
unveiled
vsdisclosed
4.2

Shown to the public after being kept secret

is used more broadly for making known, not only by physical uncovering
declared
vsdisclosed
3.0

Openly stated or officially announced

is often about revealing previously secret information rather than only official statements
announced
vsdisclosed
1.6

Made public so many people know about it

focuses on revealing something previously secret rather than just informing many people
publicized
vsdisclosed
3.7

Many people know about it, often from the news

is about revealing something secret rather than promoting it widely

Antonyms

125 1.1

A thing that is not easily seen or found

5 3.7

Hidden so people cannot see it

How Public

public
1.0
published
3.0
disclosed
3.6
secret
2.0
hidden
125 1.1

Surface Forms

disclosed positive

Morphology

disclosed = disclose (transparent) = disclose + ed

This adjective is the regular -ed form of the verb 'disclose' and keeps the meaning 'revealed' or 'made known'.

Etymology

Disclosed comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'apart' or 'not' and a root meaning 'to close', the same idea you see in the word close. So to disclose something is like 'opening' what was closed, to make a secret known.