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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

bekanntmachen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bəˈkantˌmaxn̩

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Publicize/ˈpʌb.lɪ.saɪz/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Agentur wird das neue Projekt nächste Woche bekanntmachen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something widely known; to advertise or promote an event, product, or cause.

    "The company hired a new marketing agency to publicize their latest eco-friendly product."
  2. 2

    To give information about something to the public through media channels.

    "The charity organization tried to publicize the plight of displaced families."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'public' (from Latin publicus, meaning 'of the people') combined with the verb-forming suffix '-ize' (from Greek -izein). It emerged in the early 19th century in American English to describe the act of bringing information or products to the attention of the general public.

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