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解説 Definition
disclosing は disclose（開示する、明らかにする）の現在分詞・動名詞です。情報や事実を隠さずに知らせる場面で使われ、正式な文書や報告でもよく用いられます。
Disclosing is the present-participle or gerund form of disclose. It refers to making private, hidden, or previously unknown information available, especially in legal, financial, professional, or personal contexts where revealing the information may have consequences.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
disclosing は disclose の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。dis-「離して」＋ close「閉じる」と捉え、閉じていた情報を開くイメージで覚えます。disclosing details、disclosing risks、avoid disclosing personal information のように、情報・事実・危険を目的語に取る正式な場面でよく使います。
Connect disclosing to the base verb disclose and the image of opening something that was closed. Grammatically, final silent e is dropped before -ing: disclose becomes disclosing. The form appears in continuous constructions, as in the company is disclosing details, and as a gerund after verbs or prepositions, as in avoid disclosing personal information. Typical objects include details, risks, identities, financial interests, and confidential facts. Compared with telling, disclosing is more formal and emphasizes that the information was private, hidden, or not previously available.
例文
The company is disclosing the details of the agreement.
その会社は契約の詳細を開示しています。
She avoided disclosing personal information online.
彼女はオンラインで個人情報を開示することを避けました。
The report focuses on disclosing risks clearly to investors.
その報告書は投資家にリスクを明確に開示することに重点を置いています。
disclosing の類義語・関連語
disclosing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disclose は古フランス語 desclos- を経て、ラテン語 dis-「離して」+ claudere「閉じる」にさかのぼります。直訳は「閉じたものを開く」で、そこから「隠れていた事実を表に出す」へ発展しました。close, enclose が近縁です。
Disclosing is formed from disclose by dropping its final silent e and adding -ing. Disclose entered English through Old French forms related to desclos, meaning “opened” or “uncovered.” Its deeper elements correspond to a prefix expressing removal or reversal and the Latin verb claudere, “to close.” The literal idea of unclosing something developed into the modern figurative sense of revealing concealed information.
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