impart

1 tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here" [syn: leave, give, pass on]

2 bestow a quality on; "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" [syn: lend, bestow, contribute, add, bring]

3 make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "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" [syn: disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]

4 make known; pass on, of information [syn: convey]

English

Etymology

From imparten from impartir/empartir from impartio/impertio from im- + partio.

Pronunciation

• a RP /ɪmˈpɑːt/
• a US /ɪmˈpɑːɹt/
• Rhymes with: -ɑː(r)t

Verb

1. To give a part or share.
2. To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
3. To hold a conference or consultation.

Synonyms

• sense to give a part or share bequeath, bestow, give
• sense to communicate knowledge of disclose, tell

Translations

accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, articulate, assign, award, bare, bestow, bestow on, break, break the seal, breathe, bring to light, broadcast, carry over, cede, chime, chorus, come out with, communicate, confer, confide, consign, contribute, convey, deal, deal out, deliver, deport, develop, diffuse, disclose, discover, dish out, dismask, dispense, disseminate, divulge, dole, dole out, donate, draw the veil, emit, enunciate, expel, export, expose, express, extend, extradite, fling off, fork out, formulate, get across, get over, gift, gift with, give, give expression, give freely, give out, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, give word, grant, hand forward, hand on, hand out, hand over, heap, help to, import, intimate, issue, lavish, lay bare, lay open, leave word, lend, let daylight in, let have, let out, lip, make known, make over, manifest, metastasize, metathesize, mete, mete out, offer, open, open up, out with, pass, pass along, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, perfuse, phonate, phrase, pour, pour forth, present, proffer, pronounce, put forth, put in words, rain, raise, raise the curtain, relate, relay, render, report, reveal, say, send, send word, serve, set forth, share, share with, shell out, show, show up, shower, signal, slip, snow, sound, spread, strip bare, switch, tell, tender, throw off, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, turn over, uncloak, uncover, undrape, unfold, unfurl, unkennel, unmask, unpack, unroll, unscreen, unsheathe, unshroud, unveil, unwrap, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, vouchsafe, whisper, word, yield