illuminate
verb · adjective · nounB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To shine light on something.
- 2.
(transitive)To decorate something with lights.
- 3.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
- 4.
(transitive)To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
- 5.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.
- 6.
(intransitive)To glow; to light up.
Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining / […]
- 7.
(intransitive)To be exposed to light.
- 8.
(transitive)(transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(obsolete)Enlightened, illuminated, made bright.
February 28 1630, Joseph Hall, The Hypocrite do ye see an illuminate elder of the anabaptists rapt in divine ecstasies?
- 2.
(figuratively)(figurative) Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized.
- 3.
(archaic)Learned, erudite.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.
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From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin illūminātus, perfect passive participle of illūminō (lighten, light up, show off) (see -ate for more), from in + lūminō, from lūmen (light). Cognate with lȳman. More at leam.