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bring to light

bring to light verb: to expose, disclose or reveal something that was hidden or unknown.

Verb

bring to light (third-person singular simple present brings to light, present participle bringing to light, simple past and past participle brought to light)

  1. (idiomatic) To expose, disclose or reveal something that was hidden or unknown.

bring to light meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Vietnamese

bring to light in Tamil

to bring to light, reveal, manifest
தெரிவி terivi

bring to light in Kannada

ಪ್ರಕಾಶಪಡಿಸು, ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸು, ಬಹಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸು

bring to light in Vietnamese

expose
đưa ra ánh sáng

Forms of bring to light

third-person singular presentbrings to light
present participlebringing to light
past participlebrought to light
pastbrought to light

Questions about bring to light

What does bring to light mean?
Bring to light means to expose, disclose or reveal something that was hidden or unknown.
What is bring to light in Tamil?
Bring to light in Tamil is தெரிவி (terivi). See Bring to light meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bring to light?
Bring to light is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring to light?
The past tense of bring to light is brought to light.

Words near bring to light in the dictionary

  1. bring to book
  2. bring to ground
  3. bring to heel
  4. bring to justice
  5. bring to life
  6. bring to light
  7. bring to mind
  8. bring to naught
  9. bring to nought
  10. bring to order
  11. bring to orgasm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bring to light (page history and authors); தெரிவி (Tamil) (page history and authors); bring to light (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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