MAKING KNOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does making known mean? 

• MAKING KNOWN (noun)
  The noun MAKING KNOWN has 1 sense:

1. a speech act that conveys information

  Familiarity information: MAKING KNOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKING KNOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A speech act that conveys information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

informing; making known

Hypernyms ("making known" is a kind of...):

speech act (the use of language to perform some act)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "making known"):

apprisal; notification; telling (informing by words)

divine revelation; revelation (communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency)

intro; introduction; presentation (formally making a person known to another or to the public)

briefing (detailed instructions, as for a military operation)

account; report (the act of informing by verbal report)

warning (a message informing of danger)

 Context examples 

The making known of a fact that had previously been hidden; release of information.

(Disclosure, NCI Thesaurus)