"make known" meaning in English

See make known in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: makes known [present, singular, third-person], making known [participle, present], made known [participle, past], made known [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> known}} make known (third-person singular simple present makes known, present participle making known, simple past and past participle made known)
  1. (transitive) To announce (some information) generally. Tags: transitive Synonyms (announce): declare Translations (to announce generally): donar a conèixer (Catalan), julkistaa (Finnish), bekanntmachen (German), verkünden (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gakannjan) (Gothic), 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kannjan) (Gothic), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaswikunþjan) (Gothic), scaoil (Irish), praedicō (Latin), anunța (Romanian), dar a conocer (Spanish), anunciar (Spanish), తెలియజేయు (teliyajēyu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-make_known-en-verb-VkjfUxfS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'announce': 68 32 Disambiguation of 'to announce generally': 84 16
  2. (transitive) To disclose (a secret). Tags: transitive Synonyms (disclose): reveal Translations (to disclose a secret): paljastaa (Finnish), verraten (German), ausplaudern (German), weitersagen (German), scaoil (Irish), divulga (Romanian), revelar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-make_known-en-verb-V14kbd6K Disambiguation of 'disclose': 33 67 Disambiguation of 'to disclose a secret': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: proclaim, spill one's guts, unfold

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to announce generally",
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      "sense": "to announce generally",
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      "sense": "to announce generally",
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