CONCEAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of conceal in English

conceal
verb [ T ]
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/kənˈsiːl/ us
/kənˈsiːl/
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to prevent something from being seen or known about:
The listening device was concealed in a pen.
I tried to conceal my surprise when she told me her age.
It was said that the police concealed vital evidence.
Is there something you're concealing from me?
Synonym
hide
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to keep someone or something from being seen
  • hideI'll need to hide the sweets so the children don't find them.
  • concealHe did his best to conceal his true feelings from his spouse.
  • secreteThe spies smuggled the films out of the country by secreting them in the lining of their coats.
  • cloakThe proceedings were cloaked in secrecy.
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(Definition of conceal from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

conceal | American Dictionary

conceal
verb [ T ]
us
/kənˈsil/
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to prevent something from being seen or known about; to hide something:
He made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction.
(Definition of conceal from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

conceal | Business English

conceal
verb [ T ]
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/kənˈsiːl/ us
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to not tell somebody about something that they have the right to know about:
Do not conceal health problems from a prospective insurer.
(Definition of conceal from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of conceal

conceal
However, skilful editing cannot quite conceal the notable lacunae within the book.
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The language has an extraordinary transparency, unity and simplicity of shading; it conceals an exceedingly skilful control of detail and pacing, and a factual economy.
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Some parents did not conceal their positive or negative attitudes towards the adolescent's peers.
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When the rules are disregarded, it is not on the footing that they are not "binding" instead efforts are made to conceal the facts.
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She is forced to acknowledge the hypocrisy of a father who concealed 'the hideous mystery' regarding the mills that generated all his wealth.
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When the panels assessed the case reports for the second time, their earlier estimates were concealed.
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In their disturbing psychological complexities, glazed over but never concealed by rich aesthetic surfaces, they are anxious portraits of the tormented and divided modern subject.
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The illusion that one manipulates oneself in the crowd (thereby displaying courage) conceals the reality of being manipulated spatially and materially by the socio-economic fabric.
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Patients in photographs should not be identifiable and should have their eyes masked to conceal identity.
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Any attempt to conceal states within the laws would introduce an element of teleology into physics, which is considered anathema by most scientists.
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Even when agents are actively pursuing esteem, to take up the first possibility, it is clearly possible for them to conceal the fact.
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In side elevation this results in a surprisingly dynamic composition, now concealed by a later structure.
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Auditory stimuli were presented through a loudspeaker concealed below the monitors.
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My point here is that the body metaphor opens lines of inquiry that would otherwise be concealed by subjectivist concepts of mood and inner states.
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In the finished construction the beams are exposed; the columns are concealed.
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Translations of conceal

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隱藏, 隱匿, 隱瞞…
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隐藏, 隐匿, 隐瞒…
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ocultar, disimular…
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ocultar, dissimular, esconder…
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～を隠す, 隠（かく）す, 秘密（ひみつ）にする…
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