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Definition of "unveil" []

  • To remove a veil or covering from. (verb-transitive)
  • To disclose; reveal. (verb-transitive)
  • To take off one's veil. (verb-intransitive)
  • To reveal oneself. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unveil" in a sentence
  • "Any new power they unveil is going to remind you of some comic book hero, so they figure why bother?"
  • "Setting off from a Siberian London to balmy Long Beach California has been a process that matched the TED theme of "unveil" - off have come the snowjacket, hat, gloves, long johns"
  • "Great – maybe Obama will travel to Colorado and "unveil" his policy surrounded by Greek columns."