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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

conceal

/kənˈsil/

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What does conceal mean?

verb

  1. To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈsil/

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See this word in context.

The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
Victor was surprised and delighted to see Mrs. Pontellier, and he made no attempt to conceal either his astonishment or his delight.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
More book examples (3)
I. I ought not to conceal the fact that property and communism have been considered always the only possible forms of society.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
But when he heard my voice, and found what I delivered to be regular and rational, he could not conceal his astonishment.
Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #829
Shame had led her to conceal her condition for all the period during which she suffered pain in the hypogastrium, and diarrhea.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747