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bekendmaken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • denounce verb To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something as wrong.
  • disclose verb To reveal information that was previously secret or unknown.
  • report verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.
  • state noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.

Senses

bekendmaken is used for these senses in English:

  • denounce (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
  • report (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]
  • state (transitive) To make known.

denounce — full definition

  1. verb To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something as wrong.
  2. verb To formally accuse or inform against someone.

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