verb · transitive · rare

divulge

divulge · divulges · divulged · divulging

розголошувати

разглашать, оглашать

bekannt machen, bekannt geben, verraten, verbreiten

To make public or knownTo 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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/daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/

» You are under no obligation to divulge that information.

Sie sind nicht verpflichtet, diese Informationen preiszugeben.

Ви не зобов'язані розголошувати цю інформацію.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
I will never divulge that secret to anyone.
verbreiten, bekannt machen, preisgeben
разглаша́тьrazglašátʹ
розголошуватиrozhološuvaty
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
(transitive)To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
ausplaudern, bekannt machen, bekannt geben
оглаша́тьoglašátʹ

Examples

8 sentences

You are under no obligation to divulge that information.
Ви не зобов'язані розголошувати цю інформацію.
deSie sind nicht verpflichtet, diese Informationen preiszugeben.
CC BY · Tatoeba · darinmex · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Tom promised not to divulge the source of the information to anyone.
Том пообіцяв не відкривати виток цієї інформації будь-кому.
CC BY · Tatoeba · patgfisher · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Sami didn't divulge a whole lot about himself.
CC BY · Tatoeba · OsoHombre · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He didn't divulge the information, not even under pain of torture.
deEr gab die Information nicht preis, nicht einmal unter den Torturen der Folter.
CC BY · Tatoeba · darinmex · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Yanni divulged the truth.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to make public:

Русский

By meaning 2

to make public:

to indicate publicly; to proclaim:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to make public:

to indicate publicly; to proclaim:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), fr

Inherited from Middle English divulgen, from Latin dīvulgō + -en (verb-forming suffix), from dī- (“widely”) + vulgō (“to make known, announce; to publish”).

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Forms

divulges, divulging, divulged, divulged

Base form	divulge · to divulge
3rd person singular	divulges
Present participle	divulging
Past simple	divulged
Past participle	divulged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	divulge
he, she, it	divulges

Past simpleLesson

all persons

divulged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have divulged
he, she, it	has divulged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will divulge

Synonyms

21 synonyms

uncoverB1 discoverA2 exposeB1 revealA2 outA1 tellA1 disclose bewray bring out give away impart let on let out bring to light

Close in meaning

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret:unwrap disclose let on bring out reveal discover expose break

Antonyms

2 antonyms

cover up withhold

Word family

Deriveddivulgeable divulger undivulged undivulging

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle