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- Dictionarydivulge/dʌɪˈvʌldʒ/
verb
- 1. make known (private or sensitive information): "I do not want to divulge my plans at the moment"
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to make something secret known: Journalists do not divulge their sources. [ + question word ] The CEO refused to divulge how much she earned. Synonyms. disclose formal. reveal. Compare. expose. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Revealing secrets & becoming known. anti-secrecy. backchannel. bare your heart/soul idiom.
The meaning of DIVULGE is to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret). How to use divulge in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Divulge.
Divulge definition: to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).. See examples of DIVULGE used in a sentence.
Definitions of divulge. verb. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap. break, get around, get out. be released or become known; of news. see more. Cite this entry.
If you divulge a piece of secret or private information, you tell it to someone. Officials refuse to divulge details of the negotiations. American English : divulge / dɪˈvʌldʒ /
divulge. ( daɪˈvʌldʒ) vb. ( tr; may take a clause as object) to make known (something private or secret); disclose. [C15: from Latin dīvulgāre, from di- 2 + vulgāre to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people] diˈvulgence, diˈvulgement n. diˈvulger n.
divulge something (to somebody) | divulge what, whether, etc… to give somebody information that is supposed to be secret synonym reveal. Police refused to divulge the identity of the suspect. She refused to divulge the information. The plans must not be divulged to anyone.
