No. 1,050 in Dutch
bekendgemaakt
"Bekendgemaakt" means "announced" or "made public."
In a sentence
De resultaten werden gisteren bekendgemaakt.
The results were announced yesterday.
Here, 'bekendgemaakt' is used in the passive past-tense to indicate that the results were publicly shared or disclosed.
Het nieuwe beleid is zojuist bekendgemaakt door de directeur.
The new policy was just announced by the director.
'Bekendgemaakt' serves as the participle form in passive construction, emphasizing the action of revealing the new policy by the director.
We zullen de namen van de winnaars morgen bekendmaken.
We will announce the names of the winners tomorrow.
Here, 'bekendmaken' is in its infinitive form, describing a future action of sharing the information about the winners.
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