MEANING
To reveal information previously kept private or secret.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- divulge a secret
- divulge details
On the page
She refused to divulge the source.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- divulge
- Past tense
- divulged
- Past participle
- divulged
- Present participle
- divulging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- divulge
- Present continuous
- am/is/are divulging
- Present perfect
- have/has divulged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been divulging
- Past
- divulged
- Past continuous
- was/were divulging
- Past perfect
- had divulged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been divulging
- Future
- will divulge
- Future continuous
- will be divulging
- Future perfect
- will have divulged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been divulging
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: divulge; divulges; divulged; divulged; divulging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: divulges.
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