uncovering

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noun

The act by which something is uncovered.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of uncover
noununcovering (plural uncoverings)

plural uncoverings

  1. The act by which something is uncovered.

    Although clearly we play a part in particular uncoverings of entities, the discovery of particular truths, we have no control over basic modes of revealing and revealedness, concealing and concealedness.

    2000, Paul Gorner, Twentieth Century German Philosophy, page 158
    1 more example

    In partial compensation for this narrowed destiny the white world has lavished its politeness on its womankind,—its chivalry and bows, its uncoverings and courtesies—all the accumulated homage disused for courts and kings[…]

    1969, William Edward Burghardt DuBois, Dark Water: Voices from Within the Veil

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe removal of covering

nounthe act of discovering something

Broader
actdeedhuman action

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Hindi अनावरण
  • अनावरण (anāvraṇ)Translations
Spanish destape, destapadura
  • destapeTranslations
  • destapaduraTranslations
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncovering,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncovering.

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