"divulge" meaning in English

See divulge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/, /dɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-divulge.wav Forms: divulges [present, singular, third-person], divulging [participle, present], divulged [participle, past], divulged [past]
Rhymes: -ʌldʒ Etymology: From Latin divulgare, from di- (“widely”) + vulgare (“publish”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|divulgare}} Latin divulgare Head templates: {{en-verb}} divulge (third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged)
  1. (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known. Tags: transitive Synonyms: disclose Translations (to make public): أَفْشَى (ʔafšā) (Arabic), разгласявам (razglasjavam) (Bulgarian), divulgar (Catalan), offentliggøre (Danish), paljastaa (Finnish), saattaa julkisuuteen (Finnish), julkistaa (Finnish), divulguer (French), rendre public (French), ébruiter (French), divulgar (Galician), verbreiten (German), bekannt machen (German), preisgeben (German), verraten (German), αποκαλύπτω (apokalýpto) (Greek), κοινολογώ (koinologó) (Greek), közzétesz (Hungarian), elárul (Hungarian), kifecseg (Hungarian), elhíresztel (Hungarian), divulgare (Italian), divulgō (Latin), puaki (Maori), whakakakau (Maori), tuwhiri (Maori), tauākī (Maori), divulgar (Occitan), ujawnić (Polish), divulgar (Portuguese), divulga (Romanian), denunța (Romanian), разглаша́ть (razglašátʹ) (Russian), offentliggöra (Swedish), förmedla (Swedish), yaymak (Turkish), розголошувати (rozhološuvaty) (Ukrainian), datguddio (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim. Tags: transitive Translations (to indicate publicly; to proclaim): разкривам (razkrivam) (Bulgarian), divulgar (Catalan), ilmoittaa (Finnish), julistaa (Finnish), ausplaudern (German), bekannt machen (German), bekannt geben (German), αποκαλύπτω (apokalýpto) (Greek), divulgare (Italian), paki (Maori), rozgłaszać (Polish), оглаша́ть (oglašátʹ) (Russian), avslöja (Swedish), kungöra (Swedish), açığa vurmak (Turkish), ifşa etmek (Turkish), datguddio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-divulge-en-verb-5XYWdIDV Disambiguation of 'to indicate publicly; to proclaim': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: announce, inform Hyponyms: confess, give away, rat out Derived forms: divulgeable, divulger, undivulged, undivulging Related terms: divulgation, divulgement

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I will never divulge that secret to anyone.",
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          "ref": "2016 December 8, “The president-elect's EPA head may not believe in climate change”, in The Economist:",
          "text": "In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.",
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          "ref": "1910, Stephen Leacock, “How to Avoid Getting Married”, in Literary Lapses:",
          "text": "Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.",
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        "To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known."
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        "(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known."
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔafšā",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "أَفْشَى"
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          "roman": "razglasjavam",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "разгласявам"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "divulgar"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "offentliggøre"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "paljastaa"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "saattaa julkisuuteen"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "julkistaa"
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          "word": "divulguer"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "rendre public"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "ébruiter"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "divulgar"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "verbreiten"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "bekannt machen"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "preisgeben"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "verraten"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apokalýpto",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "αποκαλύπτω"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "koinologó",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "κοινολογώ"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "közzétesz"
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          "word": "elárul"
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          "word": "kifecseg"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "elhíresztel"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "divulgare"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "divulgō"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "puaki"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "ujawnić"
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          "word": "divulga"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "denunța"
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          "roman": "razglašátʹ",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "разглаша́ть"
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          "word": "offentliggöra"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "yaymak"
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          "roman": "rozhološuvaty",
          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "розголошувати"
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          "sense": "to make public",
          "word": "datguddio"
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          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "God... marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven.",
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        "(transitive) To indicate publicly; to proclaim."
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          "roman": "razkrivam",
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          "word": "разкривам"
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          "word": "divulgar"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "ilmoittaa"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "ausplaudern"
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          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "bekannt machen"
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          "word": "bekannt geben"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "apokalýpto",
          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "αποκαλύπτω"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "divulgare"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "paki"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "rozgłaszać"
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          "roman": "oglašátʹ",
          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "оглаша́ть"
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          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "avslöja"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
          "word": "kungöra"
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
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      "roman": "ʔafšā",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "أَفْشَى"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razglasjavam",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "разгласявам"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "offentliggøre"
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      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "paljastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "saattaa julkisuuteen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "julkistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "rendre public"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "ébruiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "verbreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "bekannt machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "preisgeben"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "verraten"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "apokalýpto",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "αποκαλύπτω"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koinologó",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "κοινολογώ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "közzétesz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "elárul"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "kifecseg"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "elhíresztel"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulgare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulgō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "puaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "whakakakau"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "tuwhiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "tauākī"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "ujawnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "divulga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "denunța"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "razglašátʹ",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "разглаша́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "offentliggöra"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "förmedla"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "yaymak"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozhološuvaty",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "розголошувати"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make public",
      "word": "datguddio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razkrivam",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "разкривам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "divulgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "ilmoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "julistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "ausplaudern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "bekannt machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "bekannt geben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apokalýpto",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "αποκαλύπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "divulgare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "paki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "rozgłaszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oglašátʹ",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "оглаша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "avslöja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "kungöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "açığa vurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "ifşa etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to indicate publicly; to proclaim",
      "word": "datguddio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "divulge"
}

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