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disclose

verb/dɪsˈkləʊz/

B1CEFR level
15/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

To reveal information that was previously secret or private.

Some patients only disclose that they've stopped taking their medication when you ask directly but kindly.

Similar: reveal

Topic: Patient-facing communication in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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