to illuminate
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4.8
- verb
- /ɪˈluːməˌneɪt/
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- This article aims to illuminate the impact of climate change on global migration patterns.
- help illuminate
- further illuminate
- illuminate our understanding
She has not just illuminated history, but made it.
- She has not just illuminated history, but made it.
- Would you illuminate that word, unpack it further?
- These memes are definitely good at helping elucidate and illuminate the experiences that we're going through.
- So thank you, Variety, for being a lighthouse in a sea of darkness and illuminating what happens when these forces are combined.
- And the awareness that illuminates or knows our thoughts doesn't share their agitation.
- And it it, it illuminates actually the way to reconcile your presentation and mine.
- So by continuing to like, bring things up and throw salt not on the wound, but just like illuminate it.
- It's, it's kind of, it's limited to what I can illuminate.
Examples
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Thank you, James, for illuminating that for me.
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That story was meant to illuminate a changing point in my life.
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Cards can illuminate your past, clarify your present, and show you the future.
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Science fiction stories and movies can also be used to illuminate ethical issues.
Academic text (2017) -
It's my hope that this video has illuminated some of the themes.
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The texts were selected because they illuminated the themes chosen for study during the institute.
Academic text (2012) -
Janning's record and his fate illuminate the most shattering truth that has emerged from this trial.
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The professor's lecture helped to illuminate complex theories in a way that everyone could understand.
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Her explanation of the project goals really illuminated what was required from each team member.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make something clear by describing it in simple words
363
2.8
To make something easy to understand
248
3.3
To make something clear so others can understand it
225
3.5
To add more details to explain something better
172
2.3
To explain something so people understand it
79
4.2
To give more details or explain something more fully
55
4.8
To give someone clear information to help them understand something
30
3.7
Make a fact or situation easier to understand
26
3.9
To help people understand something by explaining it
26
3.9
To show information people do not know
21
5.8
To become clear and definite, as an idea or plan
20
7.3
Explain something in detail so people understand it
12
3.9
Help people understand a topic more clearly
12
3.7
To talk or write about something in more detail
11
6.8
To explain something so it is easy to understand
7
5.1
To make something easier to understand by removing mystery or confusion
7
6.3
To put information into its background so people understand it better
3
7.4
To explain something clearly in detail
1
8.1
To light something or make it easier to understand
To explain a difficult idea so someone understands
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Clear
- Formal
11
6.8
∞
1.0
51
4.8
∞
1.8
∞
1.6
136
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
illuminate = il + lumin + ate
The sense 'make clear; clarify' is a metaphorical extension of 'make light', which is recognizable but not strictly literal and may not be directly derived by all B1 learners.
Etymology
Illuminate comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and lumen 'light', the same root as luminous. So to illuminate an idea is like 'shining light into' it to make it clear.