Dictionary entry details
• IMPART (verb)
Meaning:
Tell or deposit (information) knowledge
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
impart; pass on; give; leave
Context examples:
give a secret to the Russians / leave your name and address here
Hypernyms (to "impart" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Bestow a quality on
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
contribute; lend; impart; add; bestow; bring
Context examples:
Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company / The music added a lot to the play / She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings / This adds a light note to the program
Hypernyms (to "impart" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impart"):
instill; transfuse (impart gradually)
tinsel (impart a cheap brightness to)
throw in (add as an extra or as a gratuity)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
disclose; divulge; let on; unwrap; reveal; let out; give away; expose; impart; discover; bring out; break
Context examples:
The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold / The actress won't reveal how old she is / bring out the truth / he broke the news to her / unwrap the evidence in the murder case
Hypernyms (to "impart" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Cause:
break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impart"):
reveal (disclose directly or through prophets)
babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle (divulge confidential information or secrets)
leak (tell anonymously)
confide (reveal in private; tell confidentially)
betray; bewray (reveal unintentionally)
spring (produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly)
come out; come out of the closet; out (to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality)
out (reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle)
blow (cause to be revealed and jeopardized)
muckrake (explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures)
blackwash (bring (information) out of concealment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Make known; pass on, of information
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
convey; impart
Hypernyms (to "impart" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impart"):
give thanks; thank (express gratitude or show appreciation to)
intend; mean (mean or intend to express or convey)
evince; express; show (give expression to)
breathe (manifest or evince)
flash (make known or cause to appear with great speed)
look (convey by one's expression)
say (communicate or express nonverbally)
hint; suggest (drop a hint; intimate by a hint)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
