disclosure English · revision 10569

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1567|origins=en disclose}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /dɪsˈkləʊ.ʒə/, US /dɪsˈkloʊ.ʒɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed in English from [[disclose]] and [[-ure]],^(Etymonline) perhaps on the model of [[closure]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of opening up to view, revealing: 1567 in Merriam-Webster,^(MWU 2024) before 1598 in the OED, the 1590s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The hatching of young from an egg was called disclosure from 1640,^(OED 1989) and the mouth of a river from 1660, both now obsolete.^(OED 1989) That which is disclosed, a revelation, is by 1825.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1567 – revealing.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1640 – hatching (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1825 – something disclosed.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of [[reveal|alt=revealing]] or making something known.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something disclosed; a [[revelation]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[predisclosure]]

+ * [[nondisclosure]]

+ * [[self-disclosure]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disclose]]

+ * [[close]]

+ * [[closure]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}