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Synonyms for illuminate
ɪˈlu məˌneɪtil·lu·mi·nate
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illuminateverb
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illumineilluminateverb
to shine light on something
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illumineilluminateverb
to decorate something with lights
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illumineilluminateverb
to clarify or make something understandable
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illumineilluminateverb
to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs
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illumineilluminateverb
To make spectacular
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illumineilluminateverb
to glow
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illumineilluminateverb
to be exposed to light
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illumine
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminateverb
make lighter or brighter
"This lamp lightens the room a bit"
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brighten, fire up, enlighten, get down, crystalize, clear up, ignite, shed light on, illumine, dismount, perch, sort out, clear, get off, elucidate, alight, crystallise, light up, straighten out, fall, light, crystallize, unhorse, crystalise, illumeclear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidateverb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
"Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
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discharge, earn, take in, classify, elucidate, illumine, unsnarl, pull in, wrap up, enlighten, sack, authorize, assoil, irradiate, shed light on, finish up, crystalise, see the light, light up, light, crystalize, make, polish off, crystallise, sort, tidy, gain, illume, mop up, clarify, correct, realise, finish off, edify, solve, exculpate, assort, unclutter, class, put right, pass, neaten, square away, effloresce, clean up, discipline, acquit, brighten, reform, authorise, separate, crystallize, clear up, bring in, exonerate, straighten out, sack up, top, clear, sort out, tidy up, realize, iron out, disentangle, get through, straighten, netilluminateverb
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
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crystallise, clear up, shed light on, sort out, crystalise, light up, crystalize, enlighten, illumine, light, straighten out, elucidate, crystallize, illume, clear
Editors Contribution
luminous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
illuminateverb
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enlighten, illumine, illume, supply with lightilluminateverb
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adorn with lights (as a building), light upilluminateverb
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adorn with colored letters
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#104 | top | |
#132 | make | |
#388 | class | |
#613 | light | |
#674 | net | |
#907 | clear | |
#923 | sort | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1847 | correct | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2491 | gain | |
#3345 | reform | |
#3644 | earn | |
#4781 | realize | |
#4953 | solve | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#5526 | inform | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#10047 | clarify | |
#10918 | authorize | |
#12748 | realise | |
#15199 | sack | |
#18848 | tidy | |
#19166 | classify | |
#23255 | perch | |
#27242 | ignite | |
#28198 | brighten | |
#28268 | illuminate | |
#31814 | lighten | |
#32067 | straighten | |
#33465 | enlighten | |
#38869 | authorise | |
#43164 | elucidate | |
#57497 | alight | |
#75991 | dismount | |
#93817 | crystallize | |
#95762 | acquit | |
#97520 | disentangle | |
#113449 | exonerate | |
#122806 | edify | |
#148439 | assort | |
#156842 | illumine | |
#183401 | irradiate | |
#224484 | crystallise | |
#229443 | unclutter | |
#264718 | emblazon | |
#265102 | exculpate | |
#300354 | illume |
How to use illuminate in a sentence?
You could use a constellation of cubesats that would light up at a certain time, if you flew thousands of them in the same formation that could illuminate every 90 minutes in low earth orbit.
You would have to engineer this problem carefully, how would you illuminate the moon as a billboard without landing there?
They failed to illuminate further the previously declassified information.
Spirituality is life through awareness of our true essence. In essence we are of the energetic realm. We are conscious energy. We illuminate from source. Like rays of sunshine illuminating from the sun, each of us are part of the whole. Collectively we make up supreme consciousness. The purpose of human life is for each of us to express our higher self. To awaken. Together we complete the whole. As we awaken, the greater good is done.
It did illuminate for the American people that we think this is a Republican Party that is really out of touch from where most Americans are, and shows that they don't have a lot of solutions for the problems that trouble people's lives, and it is important for people to know that and that is a win.
Translations for illuminate
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- işıqlandırmaqAzerbaijani
- osvětlit, osvětlovatCzech
- belyseDanish
- beleuchten, illuminieren, erleuchten, erhellenGerman
- iluminiEsperanto
- iluminarSpanish
- روشن کردنPersian
- valaistaFinnish
- illuminerFrench
- maisighIrish
- լուսավորելArmenian
- illuminarInterlingua
- enluminar, iluminar, lumizar, klarigarIdo
- chiarire, miniare, illuminareItalian
- 照らす, 照明Japanese
- illuminareLatin
- tūramaMāori
- belichten, verlichten, verluchten, verhelderen, illumineren, verluchtigenDutch
- opplyseNorwegian
- iluminować, oświetlaćPolish
- iluminar, clarear, clarificarPortuguese
- ilumina, luminaRomanian
- освещать, иллюминировать, разъяснить, осветить, разъяснятьRussian
- روشن کرناUrdu
- chiếu sángVietnamese
- 照亮Chinese
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