Meaning of "conceal" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONCEAL

From Old French conceler, from Latin concēlāre, from com- (intensive) + cēlāre to hide.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CONCEAL

kənˈsiːl

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCEAL

Conceal is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb conceal in English.

WHAT DOES CONCEAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hiding

Hiding is obscuring something from view or rendering it inconspicuous. Hiding may also refer to: ▪ Hiding Out, a 1987 movie starring Jon Cryer ▪ A Figure in Hiding, Volume 16 in the original Hardy Boys book series ▪ In computer science: ▪ Information hiding, in computer science, the hiding of design decisions in a computer program that are most likely to change ▪ The Hiding of inherited methods in object-oriented programming ▪ In British and New Zealand slang a "hiding" may refer to a sound beating. Come here Rangi, I am gonna give you such a hiding ▪ Christoffer Hiding, Swedish singer...

Definition of conceal in the English dictionary

The definition of conceal in the dictionary is to keep from discovery; hide. Other definition of conceal is to keep secret.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONCEAL

PRESENT

Present

I conceal

you conceal

he/she/it conceals

we conceal

you conceal

they conceal

Present continuous

I am concealing

you are concealing

he/she/it is concealing

we are concealing

you are concealing

they are concealing

Present perfect

I have concealed

you have concealed

he/she/it has concealed

we have concealed

you have concealed

they have concealed

Present perfect continuous

I have been concealing

you have been concealing

he/she/it has been concealing

we have been concealing

you have been concealing

they have been concealing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I concealed

you concealed

he/she/it concealed

we concealed

you concealed

they concealed

Past continuous

I was concealing

you were concealing

he/she/it was concealing

we were concealing

you were concealing

they were concealing

Past perfect

I had concealed

you had concealed

he/she/it had concealed

we had concealed

you had concealed

they had concealed

Past perfect continuous

I had been concealing

you had been concealing

he/she/it had been concealing

we had been concealing

you had been concealing

they had been concealing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will conceal

you will conceal

he/she/it will conceal

we will conceal

you will conceal

they will conceal

Future continuous

I will be concealing

you will be concealing

he/she/it will be concealing

we will be concealing

you will be concealing

they will be concealing

Future perfect

I will have concealed

you will have concealed

he/she/it will have concealed

we will have concealed

you will have concealed

they will have concealed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been concealing

you will have been concealing

he/she/it will have been concealing

we will have been concealing

you will have been concealing

they will have been concealing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would conceal

you would conceal

he/she/it would conceal

we would conceal

you would conceal

they would conceal

Conditional continuous

I would be concealing

you would be concealing

he/she/it would be concealing

we would be concealing

you would be concealing

they would be concealing

Conditional perfect

I would have conceal

you would have conceal

he/she/it would have conceal

we would have conceal

you would have conceal

they would have conceal

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been concealing

you would have been concealing

he/she/it would have been concealing

we would have been concealing

you would have been concealing

they would have been concealing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you conceal
we let´s conceal
you conceal

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to conceal

Past participle

concealed

Present Participle

concealing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CONCEAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «conceal» and belong to the same grammatical category.

bury · camouflage · cover · disguise · dissemble · hide · mask · obscure · screen · secrete · stash · suppress · veil

TRANSLATION OF CONCEAL

Find out the translation of conceal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of conceal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conceal» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 掩盖
• Translator English - Spanish: ocultar
• English: conceal
• Translator English - Hindi: छिपाना
• Translator English - Arabic: إخفاء
• Translator English - Russian: скрыть
• Translator English - Portuguese: omitir
• Translator English - Bengali: ছাপান
• Translator English - French: dissimuler
• Translator English - Malay: Menyembunyikan
• Translator English - German: verbergen
• Translator English - Japanese: 隠す
• Translator English - Korean: 숨기다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ndhelikake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: che giấu
• Translator English - Tamil: மறைக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: लपवा
• Translator English - Turkish: gizlemek
• Translator English - Italian: nascondere
• Translator English - Polish: ukryć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сховати
• Translator English - Romanian: ascunde
• Translator English - Greek: αποκρύψουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verberg
• Translator English - Swedish: dölja
• Translator English - Norwegian: skjule

10 QUOTES WITH «CONCEAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word conceal.

1

James Agate

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

2

Karen Allen

I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.

3

Kevyn Aucoin

Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like trying to hide Dolly Parton in a string bikini!

4

Dan Brown

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

5

Dan Brown

I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.

6

Cyril Connolly

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

7

Viet D. Dinh

I think an ethical lawyer would absolutely refuse, if he or she had knowledge that this is the purpose for which her work would be used, that is, to conceal a fraudulent scheme from federal regulators.

8

Viet D. Dinh

I think that the question is very clear-cut, not only as a matter of ethics, but also as a matter of law, that a lawyer should not be aiding and abetting in a fraudulent scheme, and part of that aiding and abetting would be to draw up subsequent documents in order to conceal the true nature of the scheme from federal investigators.

9

Mark Van Doren

When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all.

10

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCEAL»

Discover the use of conceal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conceal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use ...

As the world seeks to understand the contours of the Obama Doctrine, Confront and Conceal is a fascinating, unflinching account of these complex years, in which the president and his administration have found themselves struggling to stay ...

David E. Sanger, 2012

Conceal, Protect

An undercover spy with the heart of a cowboy… A disappearing roommate and a break-in are all Noelle Dupree needs to take what may be a permanent vacation.

Carol Ericson, 2013

Does Measurement Measure Up?: How Numbers Reveal and Conceal ...

Henshaw examines the ways in which measurement makes sense or creates nonsense.

John M. Henshaw, 2006

And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original ...

This book tackles such issues as what’s wrong with the Ten Commandments (starting with the word “commandments”), the correct description of the “virgin” birth, and the surprisingly modern message in the Song of Solomon, as well as ...

Joel M. Hoffman, 2010

The Kullavagga (Extended Annotated Edition)

afterwards conceal those offences which he had previously concealed, and does conceal those offences which previously he had not concealed,--on that Bhikkhu [the penalty is to be the same as in section 1, paragraph 4]. 'In case, 0 Bhikkhus ...

Thomas William Rhys Davids, 2012

Confuse and Conceal: The NHS and Independent Sector ...

The book then explores how the House of Commons Health Select Committee tried to assess the NHS before, finally revealing what the the program really is: a bridgehead for the private sector to take over NHS services and staff on a steadily ...

Stewart Player, Colin Leys, 2008

It's In the Bag: What Purses Reveal---and Conceal

The bag craze reflects a strong luxury goods market, to be sure, but also conveys a contemporary woman's thoughts, feelings, and dreams. Cultural critic Gallagher says it isn

Winifred Gallagher, 2006

Conceal

No one said going home would be easy.

Juliana Stone, 2013

A Practical grammar of the Irish language

thoU C0It" Cei1i" & yC COnCCa1. ceilm ye, he conceals, ceilin yid6, they conceal . Past Tense* ceil me, T concealed. ceil yir}, we concealed. ceil cu, thou conceal- . , t i j j ' ceil fib, ye concealed. ceil ye, he concealed, ceil yid&, they concealed.

Paul O'Brien, 1809

Our Occulted History: Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient ...

We are not alone. And we never have been . . . For years we've been taught that human progress has been a long, slow climb from the primordial ooze to hunter-gatherers to empires. But what if that's only part of the story?

Jim Marrs, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCEAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conceal is used in the context of the following news items.

Real estate lawyer disbarred after misappropriating $9096

His biggest mistake...was attempting to conceal what he had done from the Law Society."- Discipline committee decision. "Mr. Doolan indicated ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

Andrew Quarless Tried to Conceal Himself with a Plant

“The defendant was discovered in the outer area of Siena Tavern attempting to conceal himself and the black firearm in a nearby plant. Officers ... «Total Packers, Jul 15»

Gov. Hassan Vetoes Bill Ending Conceal & Carry Permits

As promised, Gov. Maggie Hassan has vetoed a bill that would have allowed anyone who can legally own a gun to carry it concealed without a ... «New Hampshire Public Radio, Jul 15»

We've seen Dr Jekyll. Can Cork conceal Mr Hyde?

In the eight minutes and 56 seconds he spoke to the written press after yesterday's Munster football final, Brian Cuthbert advised on five ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»

Unique conceal and carry weapons class in California

CALIFORNIA, Mo. -- Gun safety is important, especially when it comes to how to handle them and knowing the laws. In the state of Missouri, ... «Jefferson City News Tribune, Jul 15»

Conceal Carry Class

16-hour conceal and carry class with Ron Heltsley, July 23, 5:30-9:30 p.m., July 24, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and July 25, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. «Newton Press Mentor, Jul 15»

Larry's Gulch list was altered 'with intent to conceal information'

Two former Tory deputy ministers altered the 2013 guest list of the taxpayer-funded Larry's Gulch fishing lodge "with intent to conceal ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

'Essar created corporate veil to conceal holding in Loop'

The CBI has alleged before a special court that Essar Group of companies had created a “corporate veil” through a web of firms to “conceal” its ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»

South Dakota Now Offers 'Enhanced' Conceal And Carry Permits

South Dakota gun owners with conceal and carry permits can now carry in other states. For $100 you can now apply for an "enhanced" permit. «KELOLAND TV, Jul 15»

Planning stats conceal barriers to house building

The latest planning permission figures from the Government reveal a welcome increase in permissions being granted but do not equate to ... «FMB News, Jul 15»