Meanings
verbcome to light (third-person singular simple present comes to light, present participle coming to light, simple past came to light, past participle come to light)
present singular third person comes to light · participle present coming to light · past came to light
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 暴露, 顯露 /显露
- 暴露 (bàolù)become known
- 顯露 /显露 (xiǎnlù)become known
- 東窗事發 /东窗事发 (dōngchuāngshìfā)become known
Czech projevit se, vyjít najevo
- projevit sebecome known
- vyjít najevobecome known
Danish blive afsløret, komme til syne
- blive afsløretbecome known
- komme til synebecome known
- komme for en dagbecome known
Dutch aan het licht komen
- aan het licht komenbecome known
Finnish tulla päivänvaloon
- tulla päivänvaloonbecome known
French se montrer, être révélé
- se montrerbecome known
- être révélébecome known
- sortir du boisbecome known
German ans Licht kommen, sich herausstellen
- ans Licht kommenbecome known
- sich herausstellenbecome known
Hungarian napvilágra kerül, kiderül
- napvilágra kerülbecome known
- kiderülbecome known
- kitudódikbecome known
- napvilágot látbecome known
Icelandic koma í ljós
- koma í ljósbecome known
Norwegian fremkomme
- fremkommebecome known
Polish wychodzić na jaw, wyjść na jaw
- wychodzić na jawbecome known
- wyjść na jawbecome known
Russian проявля́ться, прояви́ться
- проявля́ться (projavljátʹsja)become known
- прояви́ться (projavítʹsja)become known
Slovak vyjsť najavo, prejaviť sa
- vyjsť najavobecome known
- prejaviť sabecome known
Spanish salir a la luz, saltar a la palestra
- salir a la luzbecome known
- saltar a la palestrabecome known
Swedish komma i dagen
- komma i dagenbecome known
Cite this entry
APA
come to light. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20light
MLA
“come to light.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20light. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come to light,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20light.
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