illuminate

UK
/ɪˈluː.mɪ.neɪt/
US
/ɪˈluː.məˌneɪt/
illuminateverb
illuminated
Past Simple
illuminated
Past Participle
illuminating
Gerund
UK
/ɪˈluː.mɪ.neɪt/
US
/ɪˈluː.məˌneɪt/
Translations
The professor's lecture helped to illuminate the complex topic.
Лекция профессора помогла разъяснить сложную тему.
The streetlights illuminate the road at night.
Фонари освещают дорогу ночью.
Additional translations
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Definitions
To light up or make bright with light.
The streetlights illuminate the road at night.
To clarify or make something easier to understand.
The professor's explanation helped illuminate the complex theory.
To decorate a manuscript or book with gold, silver, or colored designs.
The monks would illuminate the pages of the ancient texts with intricate designs.
Synonyms
Antonyms
illuminatepast participle
Definitions
Lit up with light.
The illuminated skyline was visible from miles away.
Decorated with gold, silver, or coloured designs, especially in a manuscript.
The museum owns several illuminated medieval manuscripts.
Spiritually or intellectually enlightened.
He emerged from the retreat feeling illuminated by the experience.
illuminategerund / present participle
Definitions
Providing insight; making something easier to understand.
It was an illuminating conversation about climate change.
Emitting or providing light; lighting up something.
The flashlight produced an illuminating beam that cut through the fog.
illuminatenoun
illuminates
pl
Archaic; refers to a person considered spiritually or intellectually enlightened.
Definitions
A person who is or claims to be spiritually or intellectually enlightened.
The mystic considered himself an illuminate among ordinary seekers.