illuminate

verb · adjective · nounB2

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Động từ

verb
V_es/s
illuminates
V_ing/Gerund
illuminating
V_ed/pp
illuminated
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To shine light on something.

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To decorate something with lights.

  3. 3.

    (figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.

  4. 4.

    (transitive)To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

  5. 5.

    (figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.

  6. 6.

    (intransitive)To glow; to light up.

    Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining / […]

  7. 7.

    (intransitive)To be exposed to light.

  8. 8.

    (transitive)(transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more illuminate
Superlative
most illuminate
  1. 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. 2.

    (figuratively)(figurative) Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized.

  3. 3.

    (archaic)Learned, erudite.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
illuminates
  1. 1.

    Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

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.

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