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il·lu·mi·nate
(ĭ-lo͞o′mə-nāt′)tr.v. il·lu·mi·nat·ed, il·lu·mi·nat·ing, il·lu·mi·nates
1. To provide or brighten with light.
2. To decorate or hang with lights.
3.
a. To make understandable; clarify: "Cleverly made attacks can ... serve to illuminate important differences between candidates" (New Republic).
b. To enlighten intellectually or spiritually; enable to understand: "I greatly misdoubt the accuracy of this ... Can you illuminate me?" (Charles Darwin).
4. To adorn (a page of a book, for example) with ornamental designs, images, or lettering in brilliant colors or precious metals.
5. To expose to or reveal by radiation.
n. (-nĭt)
One who has or professes to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.
[Middle English illuminaten, from Latin illūmināre, illūmināt- : in-, in; see in-2 + lūmināre, to light up (from lūmen, lūmin-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots).]
il·lu′mi·nat′ing·ly adv.
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illuminating
(ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪtɪŋ)adj
serving to inform or clarify; instructive
ilˈlumiˌnatingly adv
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Adj. | 1. | illuminating - tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" |
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illuminating
adjective informative, revealing, enlightening, helpful, explanatory, instructive It's illuminating to compare press coverage of the story.
confusing, puzzling, obscuring, unhelpful
confusing, puzzling, obscuring, unhelpful
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Translations
مُنير، مُساعِد على التوضيح
názornýpoučný
tankevækkende
upplÿsandi
aydınlatıcı
illuminating
[ɪˈluːmɪneɪtɪŋ] ADJ [remark, observation] → esclarecedor; [lecture, experience] → instructivoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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illuminating
adj (= instructive) → aufschlussreich
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illuminating
[ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪtɪŋ] adj (comments, remark) → chiarificatore/trice; (experience, book) → istruttivo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
illuminate
(iˈluːmineit) verb to light up. The gardens were illuminated by rows of lamps.
ilˈluminated adjective (of a manuscript) decorated with ornamental lettering or illustrations.
ilˈluminating adjective helping to make something clear. an illuminating discussion.
ilˌlumiˈnation noun1. the act of illuminating.
2. (in plural) the decorative lights in a town etc. Go to Blackpool and see the illuminations.
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