"bring to light" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bring to light.ogg [Australia] Forms: brings to light [present, singular, third-person], bringing to light [participle, present], brought to light [participle, past], brought to light [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> to light}} bring to light (third-person singular simple present brings to light, present participle bringing to light, simple past and past participle brought to light)
  1. (idiomatic) To expose, disclose or reveal something that was hidden or unknown. Tags: idiomatic Translations (expose): φαίνω (phaínō) (Ancient Greek), 揭發 (expose) (Chinese Mandarin), 揭发 (jiēfā) (Chinese Mandarin), 公開 (english: make public) (Chinese Mandarin), 公开 (gōngkāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 透露 (divulge) (Chinese Mandarin), 發現 (discover) (Chinese Mandarin), 发现 (fāxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), bringe frem i lyset (Danish), aan het licht brengen (Dutch), tuoda päivänvaloon (Finnish), mettre au jour (French), mettre au grand jour (French), révéler (French), dévoiler (French), an den Tag bringen (German), ans Licht bringen (German), napvilágra hoz (Hungarian), fényt derít (Hungarian), leiða í ljós (Icelandic), 炙り出す (aburidasu) (alt: あぶりだす) (Japanese), 밝히다 (balkida) (Korean), rescisco (Latin), patefaciō (Latin), wyciągać na światło dzienne [imperfective] (Polish), wyciągnąć na światło dzienne [perfective] (Polish), trazer à luz (Portuguese), trazer à luz do dia (Portuguese), scoate la lumină (Romanian), проли́ть свет (prolítʹ svet) [perfective] (Russian), пролива́ть свет (prolivátʹ svet) [imperfective] (Russian), sacar a luz (Spanish), sacar a la luz (Spanish), gün ışığına çıkarmak (Turkish), gün yüzüne çıkarmak (Turkish), đưa ra ánh sáng (Vietnamese)

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      "word": "揭发"
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      "sense": "expose",
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      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "透露"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "發現"
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      "roman": "fāxiàn",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "发现"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "bringe frem i lyset"
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      "sense": "expose",
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      "sense": "expose",
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      "sense": "expose",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "mettre au grand jour"
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "révéler"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "dévoiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "an den Tag bringen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "ans Licht bringen"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "φαίνω"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "napvilágra hoz"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "fényt derít"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "leiða í ljós"
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    {
      "alt": "あぶりだす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aburidasu",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "炙り出す"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balkida",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "밝히다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "rescisco"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "patefaciō"
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      "sense": "expose",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "expose",
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      "word": "wyciągnąć na światło dzienne"
    },
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      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "trazer à luz"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "trazer à luz do dia"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "expose",
      "word": "scoate la lumină"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "expose",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "expose",
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