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1. illuminate
verb. ['ˌɪˈluːmɪnɪt'] make lighter or brighter.
Synonyms
- lighten up
- light up
- lighten
- floodlight
- light
- spotlight
- illumine
Antonyms
- break even
- lose
- indistinct
- unclearness
Etymology
- illuminaten (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Illuminate
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- banet
- barnet
- basnett
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- bennitt
- bernett
- bohnet
- bonnett
- brunett
- burnet
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- dejarnett
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How do you pronounce illuminate?
Pronounce illuminate as ˌɪˈlumɪnɪt.
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Sentences with illuminate
1. Verb, base form
Take a flashlight with you to illuminate your surroundings and wear work gloves to protect your hands.
2. Noun, singular or mass
When electrical current runs through the tube, the mercury and gas combination illuminate, producing light.
Quotes about illuminate
1. Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
- Harvey Fierstein
2. Prophesies are dark and don’t need a flashlight to illuminate. I’m a bring my own lighthouse kind of lover.
- Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE
3. Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
- Thomas Aquinas
2. illuminate
verb. ['ˌɪˈluːmɪnɪt'] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
Synonyms
- crystalize
- sort out
- clear
- crystallise
- shed light on
- crystallize
- straighten out
- enlighten
- clear up
- clarify
- elucidate
Antonyms
- unclear
- ambiguous
- obscurity
- incomprehensible
Etymology
- illuminaten (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. illuminate
verb. ['ˌɪˈluːmɪnɪt'] add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts).
Synonyms
- decorate
- grace
- ornament
- embellish
- rubricate
- paint
- adorn
- beautify
Antonyms
- forbid
- invalidate
- disapprove
- disallow
Etymology
- illuminaten (Middle English (1100-1500))