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{
"term": "revelation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a fact that people are made aware of, especially one that has been secret and is surprising",
"sensetop": "revelation about/concerning somethingrevelation that…",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**startling/sensational revelations** about her private life",
"contextForm": "revelation about/concerning something"
},
{
"text": "He was dismissed after revelations that confidential files were missing.",
"contextForm": "revelation that…"
},
{
"text": "The embarrassing revelations came just hours before he was to make his speech."
},
{
"text": "There are no great revelations in the final chapter."
},
{
"text": "fresh revelations concerning their private lives"
}
],
"synonyms": "disclosure",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "embarrassing"],
"verb + revelation": ["come as", "prove"],
"revelation + verb": ["come"],
"preposition": [
"revelation about",
"revelation concerning",
"revelation for"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of making people aware of something that has been secret",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The company's financial problems followed the revelation of a major fraud scandal."
}
],
"synonyms": "disclosure"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "something that is considered to be a sign or message from God",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These events were seen as a divine revelation."
},
{
"text": "He claimed to know these things by divine revelation."
},
{
"text": "He claimed to have had a revelation from God."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "embarrassing"],
"verb + revelation": ["come as", "prove"],
"revelation + verb": ["come"],
"preposition": [
"revelation about",
"revelation concerning",
"revelation for"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be a completely new or surprising experience; to be different from what was expected",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His performance in the race today was a revelation to everyone."
},
{
"text": "My trip to Texas was a revelation."
},
{
"text": "His acting ability was a revelation to us all."
},
{
"text": "To many members of her audience, these performances must have come as a revelation."
},
{
"text": "The demonstration proved to be something of a revelation for our teachers."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrevəˈleɪʃn/",
"audio": "re/revelation/revelation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrevəˈleɪʃn/",
"audio": "re/revelation/revelation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the theological sense): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio(n-), from revelare ‘lay bare’from re- ‘again’ (expressing reversal) + velum ‘veil’. Senses 1 and 2 date from the mid 19th cent."
}