Meanings
present singular third person makes known · participle present making known · participle past made known · past made known
- transitiveTo announce (some information) generally.
Hereby I make known my pleasure.
2 more examples
The decision was made known when it appeared on the evening news.
This was announced in October when details of a £4 million order for car bodies and bogies to complete the Central and Piccadilly Line's rolling stock renewal programmes with 619 more "1959 Stock" cars were made known.
1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Tube trains from Derby”, in Trains Illustrated, page 706Synonyms: declare
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo announce (some information) generally.
verbTo disclose (a secret).
Translations
Catalan donar a conèixer
- donar a conèixerto announce generally
Finnish julkistaa, paljastaa
- julkistaato announce generally
- paljastaato disclose a secret
German bekanntmachen, verkünden
- bekanntmachento announce generally
- verkündento announce generally
- verratento disclose a secret
- ausplaudernto disclose a secret
- weitersagento disclose a secret
Irish scaoil, scaoil
- scaoilto announce generally
- scaoilto disclose a secret
Latin praedicō
- praedicōto announce generally
Polish ogłaszać, ogłosić
- ogłaszaćto announce generally
- ogłosićto announce generally
- ujawniaćto disclose a secret
- ujawnićto disclose a secret
Romanian anunța, divulga
- anunțato announce generally
- divulgato disclose a secret
Spanish dar a conocer, anunciar
- dar a conocerto announce generally
- anunciarto announce generally
- revelarto disclose a secret
Cite this entry
make known. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20known
“make known.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20known. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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