Divulge
verb
To reveal or share something private, secret, or previously unknown.
He refused to divulge any details about his new job.
Often appears as...
- divulge information
- divulge secrets
verb
To reveal or share something private, secret, or previously unknown.
He refused to divulge any details about his new job.
Often appears as...
- divulge information
- divulge secrets
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy aspect
Use 'divulge' when someone shares private or sensitive information intentionally.
She finally decided to divulge her family's secret recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense sensitivity
'Divulge' is often used in the past tense to describe information already shared.
The CEO divulged the future plans during the meeting yesterday.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious connotation
'Divulge' implies the information is of serious or consequential nature, not trivial.
The agent was careful not to divulge sensitive material.
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy aspect
Use 'divulge' when someone shares private or sensitive information intentionally.
She finally decided to divulge her family's secret recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense sensitivity
'Divulge' is often used in the past tense to describe information already shared.
The CEO divulged the future plans during the meeting yesterday.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious connotation
'Divulge' implies the information is of serious or consequential nature, not trivial.
The agent was careful not to divulge sensitive material.
Pro Tip 1/3Privacy aspect
Use 'divulge' when someone shares private or sensitive information intentionally.
She finally decided to divulge her family's secret recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense sensitivity
'Divulge' is often used in the past tense to describe information already shared.
The CEO divulged the future plans during the meeting yesterday.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious connotation
'Divulge' implies the information is of serious or consequential nature, not trivial.
The agent was careful not to divulge sensitive material.
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
and that doctor little the science and personality guy would come over and we'd say there's about to be a party and he'd say no I'm an introvert I'm an introvert and then we'd have to go put him in the back room and then maybe the French mathematician with the beautiful cravat and the mysterious spider pin which he told me he does not divulge why he wears
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Malcolm Gladwell: The...
long extensive, months-long training sessions -- because these things are essentially analog computers; they're not easy to use. And they make every one of those bombardiers take an oath, to swear that if they're ever captured, they will not divulge a single detail
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
don't need you what are you doing be if you really feel that way tell us and let us know who you are and she found out that when you were required to divulge your identity the trolling dropped so maybe that's the way to do it
Video examples
TED2016 in review PIPE...
and that doctor little the science and personality guy would come over and we'd say there's about to be a party and he'd say no I'm an introvert I'm an introvert and then we'd have to go put him in the back room and then maybe the French mathematician with the beautiful cravat and the mysterious spider pin which he told me he does not divulge why he wears
Video examples
Malcolm Gladwell: The...
long extensive, months-long training sessions -- because these things are essentially analog computers; they're not easy to use. And they make every one of those bombardiers take an oath, to swear that if they're ever captured, they will not divulge a single detail
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
don't need you what are you doing be if you really feel that way tell us and let us know who you are and she found out that when you were required to divulge your identity the trolling dropped so maybe that's the way to do it
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Joanna Scott
American Author
Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read and admired as autobiographical expression. And thanks to the democratic exposures of the web, it's easier than ever to document private experiences and divulge the most intimate secrets.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
The deadnettle is the Punxsutawney Phil of the plant world: short of stature but stout of heart. At the first hint of winter's wane, its stem rises from the ground, and a green, grasping hand of sepals unclenches to divulge two silky-white petals, one of which unfurls straight up toward the sky.
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Kellyanne Conway
American Businesswoman
To be confronted as you exit the polling place is really a matter of if you have the time, if you have the inclination to speak to a stranger, and if you want to divulge what is a very sacred, private matter - the way that you just voted.
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Julien Baker
American Musician
Writing songs has always been a process where I divulge a lot, just because music is a tool for me to sift through and process intense emotions. But having music be my primary occupation has changed how I interact with art.
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Joshua Malina
American Actor
I won't divulge the details, but there's a way to call somebody's phone and have whatever number you want appear on the caller I.D. so that the call you're making appears to be coming from someone else.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
There's nothing wrong with a little self-possession, there's beauty in taking time for yourself just because you feel like it, and there's nothing wrong with not divulging every secret!
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John O. Brennan
American Public Servant
I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.
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Paul Auster
American Author
The human body is strange and flawed and unpredictable. The human body has many secrets, and it does not divulge them to anyone, except those who have learned to wait.
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Jonathan Ames
American Author
I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.
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Nathaniel Rich
American Novelist
There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
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Joanna Scott
American Author
Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read and admired as autobiographical expression. And thanks to the democratic exposures of the web, it's easier than ever to document private experiences and divulge the most intimate secrets.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
The deadnettle is the Punxsutawney Phil of the plant world: short of stature but stout of heart. At the first hint of winter's wane, its stem rises from the ground, and a green, grasping hand of sepals unclenches to divulge two silky-white petals, one of which unfurls straight up toward the sky.
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Kellyanne Conway
American Businesswoman
To be confronted as you exit the polling place is really a matter of if you have the time, if you have the inclination to speak to a stranger, and if you want to divulge what is a very sacred, private matter - the way that you just voted.
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Julien Baker
American Musician
Writing songs has always been a process where I divulge a lot, just because music is a tool for me to sift through and process intense emotions. But having music be my primary occupation has changed how I interact with art.
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Joshua Malina
American Actor
I won't divulge the details, but there's a way to call somebody's phone and have whatever number you want appear on the caller I.D. so that the call you're making appears to be coming from someone else.
Quote examples
Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
There's nothing wrong with a little self-possession, there's beauty in taking time for yourself just because you feel like it, and there's nothing wrong with not divulging every secret!
Quote examples
John O. Brennan
American Public Servant
I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.
Quote examples
Paul Auster
American Author
The human body is strange and flawed and unpredictable. The human body has many secrets, and it does not divulge them to anyone, except those who have learned to wait.
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Jonathan Ames
American Author
I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.
Quote examples
Nathaniel Rich
American Novelist
There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
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