revelation
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- noun
- /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən/
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revelación
- The scientist's latest study led to a groundbreaking revelation about climate change.
- a startling revelation
- new revelations
- following the revelation
I, you know, I, that revelation was like so profound for me.
- I, you know, I, that revelation was like so profound for me.
- So we're still delaying the revelation of the hero.
- And they are going to be dire revelations, according to this man.
- They had moved to Missouri, a revelation that this is the new place.
- But to me, you know, and this was just a huge revelation for the Sheridan brothers.
- After two years, I had an incredible revelation really.
- There's no like grand revelation and that's fine, but it's like, why?
- But sometimes revelations come, and one came the other day.
- This joy that Antoine Fev refers to in relation to the narrative revelation of hidden things.
- Reading these journals was, to me, a revelation.
- A bombshell about a bombshell that could bring about the revelation.
- And so here's a revelation of what was going on with Aina.
- Because Eagle Fluffer has some shocking, shocking revelations.
- Well, you know, is normal two things revelation and change.
Examples
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This is a community still coming to terms with these stunning revelations.
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I read it in his eyes how deeply the day's revelation had shaken him.
Fiction book (1995) -
And that became probably the most exciting revelation of the whole tour.
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Oh, last night, I had a revelation.
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Music can be such a revelation
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But the real revelation took place on the jet home.
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And one of the big revelations for me is that you can do that.
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We come to you now with revelations about last week's attack in London.
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My research on the Komo in my own community was a great revelation to me.
Academic text (2008) -
I assured him that the news of his existence had been a revelation, an inducement.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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Finding or learning something new that was not known before
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Making secret or new information known to others
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Making a secret or hidden thing known to people
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A public event where people see something new for the first time
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An event when something surprising and important is made known after waiting
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A surprising event or fact that teaches you something new
Making something hidden become known
Making secret information known to other people
To tell people private or secret information
Finding and showing something that was hidden
Making something that was hidden become known to people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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Last part of the New Testament that shows symbolic visions about the end of the world
- Literature
A book in the Bible that describes visions about the end of the world
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Revelation comes from the Latin parts re- and velare 'to cover' and is the same root as the common verb reveal. A everyday revelation is when something hidden is suddenly shown, which is why the word now means a surprising or newly known fact.