make known

English

Verb

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.

   The decision was made known when it appeared on the evening news.

2. (transitive) To disclose (a secret).

   I wouldn't make this known to anyone else, if I were you.

Synonyms

• (announce): declare, proclaim; See also Thesaurus:announce
• (disclose): reveal, spill one's guts, unfold; See also Thesaurus:divulge

Translations

to announce generally

• Finnish: julkistaa (fi)
• German: bekanntmachen, verkünden (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: scaoil
• Latin: praedicō (la)
• Spanish: dar a conocer, anunciar (es)
• Telugu: తెలియజేయు (te) (teliyajēyu)

to disclose a secret

• Finnish: paljastaa (fi)
• German: verraten (de), ausplaudern, weitersagen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: scaoil
• Spanish: revelar (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} konigi
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} konocigar (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} anunciar (es)