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divulge

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /daɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/
  • /dɪˈvʌld͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌldʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V AH1 L JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D AY0 V AH1 L JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I will never divulge that secret to anyone.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disclose

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  • The actress won't reveal how old she is
  • bring out the truth
  • he broke the news to her
  • unwrap the evidence in the murder case

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, break, give away, let out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tell

Narrower terms: blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet, come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَفْشَى (ʔafšā) — to make public
  • Bulgarian: разгласявам (razglasjavam) — to make public
  • Catalan: divulgar — to make public
  • Danish: offentliggøre — to make public
  • Finnish: paljastaa — to make public
  • Finnish: saattaa julkisuuteen — to make public
  • Finnish: julkistaa — to make public
  • French: divulguer — to make public
  • French: rendre public — to make public
  • French: ébruiter — to make public
  • Galician: divulgar — to make public
  • German: verbreiten — to make public
  • German: bekannt machen — to make public
  • German: preisgeben — to make public
  • German: verraten — to make public
  • Greek: αποκαλύπτω (apokalýpto) — to make public
  • Greek: κοινολογώ (koinologó) — to make public
  • Hungarian: közzétesz — to make public
  • Hungarian: elárul — to make public
  • Hungarian: kifecseg — to make public
  • Hungarian: elhíresztel — to make public
  • Italian: divulgare — to make public
  • Latin: divulgō — to make public
  • Māori: puaki — to make public
  • Māori: whakakakau — to make public
  • Māori: tuwhiri — to make public
  • Māori: tauākī — to make public
  • Occitan: divulgar — to make public
  • Polish: ujawnić — to make public
  • Portuguese: divulgar — to make public
  • Romanian: divulga — to make public
  • Romanian: denunța — to make public
  • Russian: разглаша́ть (razglašátʹ) — to make public
  • Spanish: divulgar — to make public
  • Spanish: propalar — to make public
  • Swedish: offentliggöra — to make public
  • Swedish: förmedla — to make public
  • Turkish: yaymak — to make public
  • Ottoman Turkish: كشف ایتمك (keşf etmek) — to make public
  • Ukrainian: розголошувати (rozhološuvaty) — to make public
  • Welsh: datguddio — to make public
  • Bulgarian: разкривам (razkrivam) — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Catalan: divulgar — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Finnish: ilmoittaa — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Finnish: julistaa — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • German: ausplaudern — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • German: bekannt machen — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • German: bekannt geben — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Greek: αποκαλύπτω (apokalýpto) — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Italian: divulgare — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Māori: paki — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Polish: rozgłaszać — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Russian: оглаша́ть (oglašátʹ) — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Swedish: avslöja — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Swedish: kungöra — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Turkish: açığa vurmak — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Turkish: ifşa etmek — to indicate publicly; to proclaim
  • Welsh: datguddio — to indicate publicly; to proclaim