divulgedi‧vulge /daɪˈvʌldʒ, də-/ verb [transitive] formal 
It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees.divulge that Clare divulged that she was recovering from a nervous breakdown.divulge what/where etc The Pentagon refused to divulge what type of plane it was.► see thesaurus at reveal
WORD ORIGINdivulge
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin divulgare ‘to make widely known to everyone’, from vulgus ‘the common people’VERB TABLE
divulge
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | divulge |
| he, she, it | divulges | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | divulged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have divulged |
| he, she, it | has divulged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had divulged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will divulge |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have divulged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am divulging |
| he, she, it | is divulging | |
| you, we, they | are divulging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was divulging |
| you, we, they | were divulging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been divulging |
| he, she, it | has been divulging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been divulging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be divulging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been divulging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A spokeswoman for the company would not divulge the salaries paid to top managers.
- I'm afraid I cannot divulge what Jameson said to me.
- The contract forbids employees to divulge details of this work to anyone outside the company.
- The other three companies refused to divulge their plans.
- I thought - I thought the case would be solved without my needing to divulge this information.
- She hinted of an important secret still to be divulged.
- She would never divulge to Mattie that she had been second choice when Judge Tembleton could not do it.
- There also are secret ingredients that she will not divulge.
- Yet the Committees can not force ministers and civil servants to divulge information.
THESAURUS
to let someone know about something that is secret or has not been known until now: · Doctors are not allowed to reveal confidential information.· It was revealed that he had smoked marijuana at college.
to talk about something to someone, so that they know about it: · Don’t tell anyone about this just yet.· Shall I tell you a secret?
formal to publicly reveal something such as a fact or a name that has been kept secret: · The terms of the agreement have not yet been disclosed.· The agent did not disclose that there had been a violent crime in the house.
formal to reveal important or personal information which was previously secret or unknown: · The bank has refused to divulge its plans.· I’m afraid I cannot divulge what was said to me.
to tell people about important information, especially after it has been kept secret: · Apparently they were engaged for some time before making it public.· The government has agreed that sources of financing should in future be made public.
to deliberately give secret information to a newspaper, television company etc, when a government or other organization wants to keep it secret: · The contents of the email were leaked to the press.· A man was charged today with leaking official secrets.
(also spill the beans informal) to tell someone something that you want to keep secret: · He was careful not to give away any trade secrets.· I’m not going to give away how much I paid for it!
informal to accidentally tell someone about something: · He let slip that he was envious of his older brother.
Longman Language Activatorto tell someone something that was a secret to tell someone something that should be kept secret: · What did she say? Tell me!· If someone asked me to keep a secret I would never tell.tell somebody where/what/who etc: · He didn't tell me where he got this information.tell somebody about something: · Don't tell anyone about this just yet.tell somebody a secret: · Come here Eva - let me tell you a secret.tell somebody something in the strictest confidence (=tell someone something on the condition that they do not tell anyone): · I'm telling you this in the strictest confidence, so not a word to anyone.
especially written to let people know about something that was previously kept secret: · The company has just revealed its plans for the coming year, including the opening of new offices in Paris.· What actually happened to the gold has never been revealed.reveal (that): · Markov revealed that he had once worked for the CIA.· Ginsberg withdrew his application to become Attorney General after it was revealed that he had smoked marijuana at college.
to publicly reveal something such as a fact or a name that has been kept secret or hidden: · The agent does not have to disclose the amount his client paid.disclose that: · In the report it was disclosed that neither pilot nor controller had any experience of the radar system in use at the time of the crash.disclose information/details/evidence etc: · The Security Service is unlikely to disclose any information.disclose somebody's identity (=say who someone is): · He refused to disclose the identity of the politician.
to make a piece of important information known to the public, especially after keeping it secret for some time: · The Senator will make his decision public on Friday.· Reporters learned the news on Friday but agreed not to make it public until the following day.make it public that: · Freddie Mercury died only two days after making it public that he was suffering from AIDS.
formal to give someone some very important and often personal information which was previously secret or unknown: · The other three companies refused to divulge their plans.divulge what/where/when etc: · I'm afraid I cannot divulge what Jameson said to me.divulge something to somebody: · The contract forbids employees to divulge details of this work to anyone outside the company.
to tell the public about the secret activities of a person or organization, because you think that people ought to know about something morally wrong that is being done: · Her criminal activities were finally exposed in the Washington Post by political columnist Richard McCallum.expose to: · They threatened to expose him to the media unless he changed his ways.
to deliberately give secret government information to a newspaper or television company: · A man was charged today with leaking official secrets.· The Congressman was furious that the report had been leaked.leak something to somebody: · The contents of the fax were leaked to the press
informal to tell someone about something that has been planned and was supposed to be a secret: · "Does Phillip know about our plan?" "Yes, someone must have spilled the beans."· The class managed to keep the party a secret until Lorraine, unable to control herself any longer, spilled the beans.
informal to tell someone about a secret plan or idea so that they are involved in it, especially because you trust them: · We'll let you in on our plan if you promise to keep it a secret.· I know you're up to something so you might as well let me in on it.
informal to tell someone a secret - use this when you disapprove of this: · OK I'll tell you, but you'd better not blab!blab about: · She went and blabbed about Ernie's surprise party.blab to: · Better not say anything about it to Mickey -- he'll just end up blabbing to someone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to give someone information that should be secret SYN revealdivulge information/secrets/details etc (to somebody) It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees. formal (=tell it to someone)· He was accused of revealing state secrets.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Later he indiscreetly divulged those details at dinner with Ferdinand Berthoud, though he swore he intended no wrongdoing.· San Francisco police say the matter is still under investigation and refuse to divulge details of their probe.
· Yet the Committees can not force ministers and civil servants to divulge information.· In a letter to his House colleagues Thursday, Rangel strongly denied he had divulged confidential information.· Female speaker I am very disturbed by people who are therapists who seem to be divulging private information about their clients.· I thought - I thought the case would be solved without my needing to divulge this information.
· Death was the alleged penalty for those who divulged the secrets of the order.· You just didn't say those sort of things, or divulge such secrets, about your wife.· However the Phoenix Guard never divulge their secrets and no one has ever seen the Chamber of Days and lived.· Perhaps she could seal their reconciliation by divulging her secret.
VERB· More vehemently than ever, Mr Kohl refused to divulge the names of his other benefactors.· Hill refused to divulge the cost of FoxTrax.· And yet he refused to divulge Father O'Neill's whereabouts.· However, Roeser refused to divulge where the Clippers will play next season.· San Francisco police say the matter is still under investigation and refuse to divulge details of their probe.
It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees.divulge that Clare divulged that she was recovering from a nervous breakdown.divulge what/where etc The Pentagon refused to divulge what type of plane it was.► see thesaurus at reveal- unimportant
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