disclosed
disclosed — verb
- disclosedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- discloseds3rd person singular
- discloseding-ing form
- disclosededpast simple
1. to share information, especially something private or previously kept secret, wi
to share information, especially something private or previously kept secret, with other people; the past-tense/past-participle form of 'disclose'.
The hospital disclosed that two patients had tested positive for the new virus.
disclose + that-clause for sharing previously private information
Tamás disclosed his salary to Jenna during their conversation about household bills.
disclose + noun + to + recipient
The names of the donors were not disclosed at the awards ceremony.
Imran refused to disclose where he had hidden the missing letter.
The company finally disclosed last week that it was being investigated by the tax office.
- revealed
more general; covers physical uncovering as well as information
- divulged
very formal; emphasises that the information was meant to be kept secret
- made public
neutral phrasing; common in news contexts
文法句型
disclose + noun
disclose + that-clause
be disclosed (to someone)
用法筆記
Frequently passive ('was disclosed', 'were disclosed') when the source of the information is anonymous or unimportant. Object is usually something previously private — figures, identities, plans, or test results — rather than ordinary news.
常見錯誤
disclosed — noun
1. a rare noun use meaning the act of telling people information that was hidden; i
a rare noun use meaning the act of telling people information that was hidden; in modern English the standard noun is 'disclosure', and this form is almost never used today.
In one nineteenth-century legal note, the writer used 'disclosed' as a noun meaning the disclosure itself.
archaic noun usage; modern writing uses 'disclosure'
Modern dictionaries record 'disclosed' as a noun only as a historical synonym of 'disclosure'.
The old church register used 'the disclosed of the banns', which we would today read as 'the disclosure'.
Learners should use 'disclosure', not 'disclosed', whenever a noun is needed in everyday or business writing.
- disclosure
the standard modern noun; use this instead in any present-day writing
- revelation
more dramatic; suggests something surprising came to light
- concealment
the act of keeping something hidden
用法筆記
Only sense where 'disclosed' is a noun rather than a verb form. Distinguish from verb/1: if you can rewrite the sentence with 'the disclosure of …', the noun reading applies — but in modern English you should actually rewrite it that way, since the noun 'disclosed' is no longer current.