DISCLOSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disclosed mean? 

• DISCLOSED (adjective)
  The adjective DISCLOSED has 1 sense:

1. made known (especially something secret or concealed)

  Familiarity information: DISCLOSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISCLOSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made known (especially something secret or concealed)

Context example:

the disclosed purpose of their wicked plan

Similar:

unveiled (revealed; especially by having a veil removed)

 Context examples 

There was no telling when the god's ulterior motive might be disclosed.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

By the time his search had disclosed nothing more than many bruises and a state of terrible starvation, the sled was a quarter of a mile away.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He wore shoes, but no socks, and his open coat disclosed a nightshirt beneath it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He opened the paper as he spoke and disclosed a heap of reddish-brown, snuff-like powder.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And was I really as mad as the whole world would believe me to be if I disclosed the object of my suspicions?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

His daughter had thrown off her mantle and disclosed a face of the finest and most delicate Italian beauty, which soon drew Ford's eyes from the pictures in front of him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And under such a supposition, which would have been most miserable, when time had disclosed all, too late?

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

But the servant, who was well disposed to the huntsmen, went to them, and disclosed the project.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Scientists have disclosed new steps toward using natural adhesives made by the dusky Arion slug (Arion subfuscus) in medical applications such as in closing skin wounds and reducing scarring.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)

The authorization must indicate if the health information used or disclosed is existing information or new information that will be created.

(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information, NCI Thesaurus)