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Meaning of revelation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of revealing or disclosing.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The final book of the New Testament of the Bible.
  3. The act of revealing or disclosing
  4. Something that is revealed.
    countable, uncountable
  5. Something that is revealed
  6. Something dramatically disclosed.
    countable, uncountable
  7. Something dramatically disclosed
  8. A manifestation of divine truth.
    countable, uncountable
  9. A manifestation of divine truth
  10. Something that turns out to be a great success.
    countable, uncountable
  11. Something that turns out to be a great success

Equivalents

Afrikaans Openbaring
Azərbaycanca vəhy
Беларуская адкрыццё
Bosanski apokalipsa
Čeština odhalení zjevení
Dansk åbenbaring
Ελληνικά αποκάλυψη
فارسی مکاشفه وحی
Galego apocalipse
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Hōʻike ʻAna
עברית התגלות
Hrvatski apokalipsa
Հայերեն բացահայտում
Bahasa Indonesia Wahyu
Íslenska opinberun
Italiano rivelazione
日本語 啓示 暴露 黙示録
Қазақша аян
Lietuvių Apreiškimas Jonui
Монгол илчлэлт
Bahasa Melayu wahyu
Português Apocalipse revelação
Română revelare revelație
Slovenčina Zjavenie
Српски apokalipsa
Kiswahili ufunuo
ไทย วิวรณ์
Tagalog pahayag siwalat
Türkçe vahiy
Tiếng Việt Khải Huyền

Examples

“The revelation of the culprits' identities was cathartic for the populace.”
“Magicians talk about the revelation at the end of a trick.”
“The revelaciõ of Jeſus Chꝛiſte / which god gave vnto hĩ / foꝛto ſhewe vnto his ſervaunt[es] thyng[es] which muſte ſhoꝛtly come to paſſe.”
“But it was much more than a mere ship. Its systems, processes, and technology were so advanced that they dwarfed every accomplishment of the Citadel species. Its grandeur and complexity rivaled the greatest creations of the Protheans—the mass relays and the Citadel. It may have even surpassed them. And if Saren could learn and understand how it worked, he could seize all that power for himself. He’d spent his entire life preparing for a moment like this. Everything he’d ever done—his military service, his career with the Spectres—was only a prelude to this revelation. Now he had found his true purpose; destiny had led him here.”
“The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.”
“This invention was a revelation for farmers throughout the region, who immediately adopted it.”
“This does not mean that God has difficulty overcoming obstacles; if one questions whether revelation is ‘a simple matter’, this need not refer to whether or not God has to exert himself greatly to overcome these obstacles, or whether he is grieved or suffers in some way to overcome these obstacles.”
“This invention was a revelation for farming throughout the region, where it doubled crop yields.”
“The 26-year-old has proved a revelation since his £10m move from Freiburg, with his 11 goals in 10 matches hauling Newcastle above Spurs, who went down to Adel Taarabt's goal in Saturday's late kick-off at Loftus Road.”
“He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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