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come to light

come to light verb: to become known; to be revealed.

Verb

come 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)

  1. (idiomatic) To become known; to be revealed.
    Synonyms:
    crop out, out, transpire

come to light meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

come to light in Tamil

முளை

come to light in Malayalam

come out, be discovered, be uncovered
വെളിച്ചത്തുവരുക, വെളിച്ചത്താകുക, വെളിവാകുക, വെളിപ്പെടുക, കണ്ടുപിടിക്കപ്പെടുക, അനാച്ഛാദനം ചെയ്യപ്പെടുക

come to light in Kannada

ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ಬರು, ಪ್ರಕಟನೆಗೊಳ್ಳು, ಪ್ರಕಾಶಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು

Synonyms of come to light

Forms of come to light

third-person singular presentcomes to light
present participlecoming to light
pastcame to light
past participlecome to light

Questions about come to light

What does come to light mean?
Come to light means to become known; to be revealed.
What is come to light in Tamil?
Come to light in Tamil is முளை. See Come to light meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is come to light?
Come to light is a verb.
What is the past tense of come to light?
The past tense of come to light is came to light.

Words near come to light in the dictionary

  1. come to grips
  2. come to grips with
  3. come to hand
  4. come to Jesus
  5. come to life
  6. come to light
  7. come to mention it
  8. come to mind
  9. come to naught
  10. come to nothing
  11. come to nought

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come to light (page history and authors); come to light (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); come to light (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); come 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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