to bring to light
20
3.7
- phrasal verb
- /brɪŋ tə laɪt/
:
sacar a la luz
- Like yourselves, I seek to unmask falsehood and bring the truth to light.
- bring to light the fact
- bring to light evidence
- bring to light the problems
It's going to celebrate and bring to light the people that really are great.
- It's going to celebrate and bring to light the people that really are great.
- A people that are still here, continuing to honor and bring to light their ancient heritage.
- Those clues rarely come without another character bringing them to light.
- I forget the specific founders that, that brought this to light for him.
- And that movie sort of brought to light the need because of abuse in the workplace of women.
- It's the thing that's unknown to us that we have to bring to light.
- And so part of what we do in in our work is to bring those conversations to light because people with disabilities are having sex.
- And that is that is putting it very, very kindly, regardless of, you know, at this point, there's been things that he brought to light that has been declared illegal.
- What you're trying to do here is bringing to light that human component in this conversation, the tech lash.
- And the writing was so unique and it stands the test of time today with the issues that it was bringing to light.
- And that's where I think the the historians really shine on this in this story by bringing this whole thing to light.
- But it is very rare to be able to bring these dynamics to light and have people see them.
- But now, now I'm grateful because it brought so much more to light.
- You know, your ignorance is just fully brought out to light as the years go on.
Examples
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But it is very rare to be able to bring these dynamics to light and have people see them.
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In addition, the results of this study bring to light several recommendations for future researchers.
Academic text (2013) -
There are some things in science which should be brought to light.
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It's going to celebrate and bring to light the people that really are great.
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A people that are still here, continuing to honor and bring to light their ancient heritage.
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And that movie sort of brought to light the need because of abuse in the workplace of women.
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Let's hope new leadership will prevent another atrocity like the one I brought to light a few weeks ago.
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The history of diabetes brings to light many of the pitfalls of race-based medicine.
Academic text (2011) -
In a July 23, 2003 article, The New York Times brought to light the junior high arts scheduling crunch.
Academic text (2004) -
The investigation aims to bring to light corruption within the local government.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Show something that was hidden or secret
478
1.0
To make secret information known to other people
342
4.1
Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people
243
3.5
Reveal secret facts to the public
234
4.1
To tell people information that was secret
219
4.1
To tell secret information to the public without permission
109
4.1
To make something known for the first time
94
4.0
Make something known to many people using news or social media
47
5.6
Say all private things about a person or event
45
6.2
To tell secret or private information to people
32
3.7
Tell secret or private information to other people
30
3.7
Make a fact or situation easier to understand
26
3.9
To show information people do not know
18
6.0
Tell a secret by accident before others know
12
4.1
To make a problem or issue clear and known to many people
8
3.7
Make secret information known to the public
8
6.8
Reveal secret information that shocks people
5
5.1
To tell a secret that should be kept
4
5.5
To suddenly tell people something very surprising that shocks them
4
7.1
To reveal information that was previously hidden
2
4.4
To tell people about something secret
2
5.5
To show something hidden so people can see it
1
6.5
To reveal something hidden or forgotten
1
6.5
To make a secret suddenly become known
1
7.7
To make something hidden become visible by removing a cover or showing the truth
Antonyms
How Revealed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to reveal' follows directly from combining 'bring' (to cause or move something) with 'light' used metaphorically as 'awareness' or 'visibility', so a learner who knows those constituents can infer the sense. The particle 'to' is largely functional, and the light-as-revelation metaphor is common across languages (e.g., Spanish 'sacar a la luz'), supporting straightforward comprehension at a B1 level.
Etymology
The phrase bring to light comes from the image of using a lamp to bring a hidden thing into light so people can see it. So, it means 'to reveal' or 'make known'.