"come to light" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-come to light.ogg Forms: comes to light [present, singular, third-person], coming to light [participle, present], came to light [past], come to light [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came, come> to light}} come to light (third-person singular simple present comes to light, present participle coming to light, simple past came to light, past participle come to light)
  1. (idiomatic) To become known; to be revealed. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: crop out, out#Verb Translations (become known): 暴露 (bàolù) (Chinese Mandarin), 顯露 (Chinese Mandarin), 显露 (xiǎnlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 東窗事發 (Chinese Mandarin), 东窗事发 (dōngchuāngshìfā) (note: of a plot, crime) [usually] (Chinese Mandarin), projevit se (Czech), vyjít najevo (Czech), blive afsløret (note: of a plot, crime) [usually] (Danish), komme til syne (Danish), komme for en dag (Danish), tulla päivänvaloon (Finnish), se montrer (French), être révélé (French), sortir du bois (French), ans Licht kommen (German), sich herausstellen (German), napvilágra kerül (Hungarian), kiderül (Hungarian), kitudódik (Hungarian), napvilágot lát (Hungarian), koma í ljós (Icelandic), fremkomme (Norwegian), wyjść na jaw [perfective] (Polish), проявля́ться (projavljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), прояви́ться (projavítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), vyjsť najavo [perfective] (Slovak), prejaviť sa (Slovak), salir a la luz (Spanish), saltar a la palestra (Spanish), komma i dagen (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Coordinate term: crop up"
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        "(idiomatic) To become known; to be revealed."
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàolù",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "暴露"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "顯露"
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          "roman": "xiǎnlù",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "projevit se"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "become known",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "note": "of a plot, crime",
          "sense": "become known",
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          "word": "blive afsløret"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "komme til syne"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "become known",
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        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "tulla päivänvaloon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "se montrer"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "être révélé"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "sortir du bois"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "ans Licht kommen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "sich herausstellen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "napvilágra kerül"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "kiderül"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "kitudódik"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "napvilágot lát"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "koma í ljós"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "fremkomme"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "become known",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "projavljátʹsja",
          "sense": "become known",
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            "imperfective"
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become known",
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          "word": "vyjsť najavo"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "prejaviť sa"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "salir a la luz"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "saltar a la palestra"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "become known",
          "word": "komma i dagen"
        }
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        "(idiomatic) To become known; to be revealed."
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      "roman": "bàolù",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "暴露"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "顯露"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "显露"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "東窗事發"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "东窗事发"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "become known",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "vyjít najevo"
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      "code": "da",
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      "note": "of a plot, crime",
      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "blive afsløret"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "komme til syne"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "komme for en dag"
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      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "tulla päivänvaloon"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "se montrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "être révélé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "sortir du bois"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "ans Licht kommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "sich herausstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "napvilágra kerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "kiderül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "kitudódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "napvilágot lát"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "koma í ljós"
    },
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "fremkomme"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "wyjść na jaw"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "vyjsť najavo"
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      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "prejaviť sa"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "salir a la luz"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "saltar a la palestra"
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      "sense": "become known",
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