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Narrator: Today's word is "Divulge" — verb, pronounced /dɪˈvʌldʒ/, with the stress on "vulge".
Narrator: To divulge is to make known or reveal something that was meant to be secret.
Narrator: In plain English, you divulge a secret when you tell someone — like a journalist divulging a source's identity.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin divulgar, meaning to make public, from dis- apart and vulgus, the common people.
Narrator: "To divulge a secret" describes revealing information that was meant to be kept hidden.
Narrator: It differs from reveal because divulge implies a secret, whereas reveal is more general.
Narrator: "To divulge information" is a sense meaning to make confidential information known.
Narrator: Journalism, law, espionage and everyday speech all rely on the word divulge.
Narrator: So remember: to divulge is to reveal a secret, from the Latin for to make public.
Speaker A: What does divulge mean?
Speaker B: To reveal a secret! DIVULGE comes from the Latin divulgar, to make public, so it means making known something that was secret.
Speaker A: So you divulge a secret?
Speaker B: Yes — you tell someone!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Divulge a secret"; "divulge information"; "refuse to divulge" — revealing, sharing and withholding.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse divulge with diverge, because divulge means reveal, while diverge means branch off.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Reveal' the general cousin, 'disclose' the formal twin, 'leak' the unofficial alternative. The word keeps its revealing charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "divulge" in AI prompts — useful for journalism apps and security tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame journalism?
Speaker B: Right. For a journalism app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to when journalists should divulge sources, naming two factors.
Speaker A: How about a security tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a policy on not divulging confidential data, naming two safeguards.
Speaker A: Could it help with a legal bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame disclosure:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences when a lawyer can divulge client information, naming one exception.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a writing chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short scene where a character divulges a secret, naming one emotion.
Divulge — meaning in Arabic & definition More D courses GL Dictionary