Concealing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the activity of keeping something secret

prevent from being seen or discovered

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌɑːzməpˌɑːlɪtənəzˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/kənsˈiːlɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kənsˈiːlɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /kˌɑːzməpˌɑːlɪtənəzˈeɪʃən/.

Examples

Muslim women hide their faces
hide the money
She conceals her anger well

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hiding hold in hide concealment conceal hold back

Antonyms

revealing show

Parts of Speech

noun	the activity of keeping something secret
verb	prevent from being seen or discovered “Muslim women hide their faces”
verb	hold back; keep from being perceived by others “She conceals her anger well”
adjective	covering or hiding “the concealing darkness”

Word Forms

conceal	verb	hold back; keep from being perceived by others
hide	verb	make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
concealment	noun	the condition of being concealed or hidden
concealing	noun	the activity of keeping something secret

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verheimlichen

die Aktivität, etwas geheim zu halten

🇫🇷French

occultation

l'activité de garder quelque chose de secret

🇪🇸Spanish

ocultando

la actividad de mantener algo en secreto

🇮🇹Italian

nascondendo

l'attività di mantenere qualcosa di segreto

🇳🇱Dutch

verbergen

de activiteit van het geheimhouden van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

ocultando

a atividade de manter algo em segredo

🇷🇺Russian

сокрытие

деятельность по сохранению чего-либо в тайне

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छुपा

किसी बात को गुप्त रखने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

গোপন

কিছু গোপন রাখার কার্যকলাপ

🇮🇳Tamil

மறைத்தல்

எதையாவது ரகசியமாக வைத்திருக்கும் செயல்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

దాచడం

ఏదో రహస్యంగా ఉంచే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

लपविणे

काहीतरी गुप्त ठेवण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

છુપાવવું

કંઈક ગુપ્ત રાખવાની પ્રવૃત્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮರೆಮಾಚುವುದು

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ರಹಸ್ಯವಾಗಿಡುವ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മറയ്ക്കുന്നു

എന്തെങ്കിലും രഹസ്യമായി സൂക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਛੁਪਾਉਣਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਗੁਪਤ ਰੱਖਣ ਦੀ ਗਤੀਵਿਧੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

چھپانا

کسی چیز کو خفیہ رکھنے کی سرگرمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

隐藏

保守秘密的活动

🇯🇵Japanese

隠す

何かを秘密にする活動

🇰🇷Korean

은폐

어떤 것을 비밀로 하는 활동

🇻🇳Vietnamese

che giấu

hoạt động giữ bí mật điều gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การปกปิด

กิจกรรมการเก็บความลับบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyembunyikan

kegiatan merahasiakan sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtatago

ang aktibidad ng paglihim ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

menyembunyikan

aktiviti merahsiakan sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إخفاء

نشاط الحفاظ على سر شيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

پنهان کردن

فعالیت مخفی نگه داشتن چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

Gizlemek

bir şeyi gizli tutma faaliyeti

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַעֲלָמָה

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