Definition of illuminate in English:

illuminate

verb ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪˈluməˌneɪt

1with object Light up.
照明，照亮
a flash of lightning illuminated the house
一道闪电照亮了屋子。
figurative his face was illuminated by a smile
〈喻〉他的脸庞露出了明亮的笑容。
Example sentencesExamples
- A flash of light briefly illuminated the hallway, pouring through the broken window and burning their eyes.
- Great flashes of light illuminated the whole area, punctuated by the rumbling of thunder clouds.
- A great flash of lightning illuminated the world outside, showing the trees dark against the night sky.
- All movement was eradicated as a brilliant flash of blue-orange light illuminated their horrified faces.
- That day, it was the interior's turn to be brilliantly illuminated - by fluorescent lights carried up to the rafters by remote-controlled helium balloons.
- The sun's morning light shone softly, illuminating her blue eyes.
- The lightning flashes illuminated the pastor's face.
- Overheard the sun shone brightly, illuminating the garden with a brilliant ray of light.
- At the top of the last little bump, they could see the shoulder-high summit sign illuminated by the first light of day.
- When the lights flashed it illuminated the sky and the whole area.
- Lightning flashed, illuminating the dark hollow face of a single man.
- Seems its only presence to the passing motorist is a narrow entrance road and a sign which wasn't illuminated.
- At the moment, in the third window down, a light shone brightly, illuminating a small patch of the garden below.
- Kentis elects not to use artificial lighting, so the only time we see the characters is when a flash of lightning illuminates them and the sharks that are circling them.
- A golden light was shining down illuminating Isabelle's face.
- A green fluorescent light illuminates a wall work that quotes the iconic graphic equaliser readout in homage to Donald Judd.
- He said oversized and illuminated signs were not appropriate in the area.
- Then a storm begins, and the flashes of lightning briefly and beautifully illuminate a tree waving in the wind outside the window.
- The next town was Boyes, just 29 km down the road and as we rode towards it we saw flashes of lightning illuminate the horizon.
- The heads will face one another topped with a helmet and lamp from which beams of light will illuminate the carriageways.
Synonyms
light, light up, throw light on, cast light upon, brighten, make brighter, shine on, flood with light, floodlight, irradiate
literary illumine
1. 1.1 Decorate (a building or structure) with lights for a special occasion.
  用灯装饰（建筑物）
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the season approaches the countryside and towns light up and outlines of houses buildings and churches are illuminated.
  It appealed to the citizens of Bangalore to decorate and illuminate their houses and shops, feed the poor and offer prayers for the long life and prosperity of the Maharaja.
  During this period, the minarets of all the mosques are illuminated with strings of electric lights.
  During the Lantern Festival, most temples are illuminated by colorful lanterns of all shapes and sizes.
  On Diwali 1619 the Golden Temple was illuminated with many lights to welcome home and celebrate the release of Guru Hargobind from imprisonment in Gwalior fort.
2often as adjective illuminatedDecorate (a page or initial letter in a manuscript) with gold, silver, or coloured designs.
用金、银等彩色图案装饰（书稿的书页或首词第一个字母）
Example sentencesExamples
- He is a fine late Romanesque painter open to more modern influences, particularly those emanating from Byzantium, perhaps via Franciscan illuminated manuscripts.
- Yet a current show there, on one of the grandest of all illuminated manuscripts, does both.
- Thus, the museum began to acquire European sculpture and old master drawings and purchased an important collection of medieval and renaissance illuminated manuscripts.
- Two different worlds present themselves to the scholar of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from Spain.
- Large illuminated letters became popular with the advent of hand-written manuscripts and official documents.
Synonyms
decorate, illustrate, embellish, adorn, ornament, enhance, emblazon, highlight
3usually as adjective illuminatingHelp to clarify or explain.
〈喻〉阐明，澄清（主题、问题）
a most illuminating discussion
一次最能阐明问题的讨论。
Example sentencesExamples
- I would like to thank him for illuminating discussions and for sending a manuscript prior to publication.
- Cross-cultural research can help illuminate and clarify the social and developmental differences that exist across various cultures.
- The commentary is particularly illuminating.
- Stark's discussion is lively, pointed and frequently illuminating.
- He does so clearly, often illuminating the topic with discussion of classical texts.
- Their results were paradoxical and their discussion illuminating.
- Like the rescue workers there, one waded in trying to find something that was alive, that would illuminate and explain what had happened.
- The discussion is often illuminating: for example, the discussion of the divine king, or of the marginalization of royal women in Benin.
- Even here, in the first chapter, the reader is treated to probing analysis and illuminating discussion.
- Though MacDonald's discussion of this topic is interesting and illuminating, it left me unconvinced.
- The editors emphasize making tacit knowledge itself explicit, rather than illuminating the process of creating and using valuable tacit knowledge.
- The two books provide detailed but clear legislative history while illuminating the changing political process and values of the postwar West.
- Fellow blogger and super-cute Darian had some very funny, illuminating and revealing stories about the film he was currently working on.
- Arf contributed to the education of many of the present day mathematicians in Turkey, not only by his lectures but also through illuminating discussions in conferences and seminars.
- Of this central Lockean teaching and Zuckert's meticulous and illuminating discussions of it, we hear not one word from Prof. Mitchell.
- The text ends on page 710, the rest consisting of notes and index, and while the notes are sharp and illuminating, some of them amount to mini-essays.
- There is even the promise of positive theory, exemplified in a brief but illuminating discussion of Likert's notions of effective hierarchies.
- Questions were asked about black box, flight paths, crashes, missile technology, etc., and the answers were illuminating.
- All of these essays are clear, well documented, and illuminating.
- That last incident is particularly illuminating.
Synonyms
clarify, elucidate, explain, reveal, make clear, shed light on, cast light on, give insight into, clear up
make explicit, spell out, explicate, expound, rationalize
informative, enlightening, revealing, explanatory, instructive, instructional, helpful, educational, educative, edifying, rewarding, enriching

Derivatives

illuminatingly

adverb

He illuminatingly discusses familiar writers, and he also cites many figures unknown to me.
Example sentencesExamples
- If it hadn't, he says illuminatingly, it would have meant that oppositions haven't been using their brains.
- LeBlanc illuminatingly documents their trials, tribulations and despairs.
- In one of the best essays, ‘Sound observed’, he speculates illuminatingly.
- The cases also illuminatingly illustrate different techniques for attempting to resolve disputes of this kind.

illuminative

adjective ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪvɪˈl(j)uːmɪnətɪvɪˈluməˌneɪdɪv

Her annotations are illuminative and sincere.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is the final sentence which, in our judgment, is really illuminative, and although the court was there concerned with an application under section 78 it could equally well have been considering an application to stay the proceedings.
- This shows that dialogue between scholars of different religious affiliations and different disciplines can be very illuminative and fruitful and can lead to a good understanding among the parties involved.
- He says no one can prove there have been massacres, and the journalists linger on the illuminative qualities of the horizon - of the frame - the beauty of the light.
- In the church we do know the power of the candle and its enormous capacities for setting mood and providing an illuminative context for worship and prayer.

illuminator

noun ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtəɪˈluməˌneɪdər

Early LED packaging, for devices originally meant as indicators rather than high-power illuminators, couldn't handle these kinds of requirements.
Example sentencesExamples
- This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see works of great illuminators and painters side by side.
- This book was the work of an entire team of illuminators and scribes working to a well-tried formula.
- Colourful illuminators are to be installed in the pavement along Newport Street to greet visitors after dark as part of a revamp of the train station, bus station and the route to the shopping area.
- The illuminators of fifteenth-century manuscript books are generally shuffled off by art historians into corners, niches and footnotes.
- When this kind of book was first decorated in mid-fourteenth-century Catalonia, there was no pictorial tradition that illuminators, whether Christian or Jewish, could draw on.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin illuminat- 'illuminated', from the verb illuminare, from in- 'upon' + lumen, lumin- 'light'.

Rhymes

ruminate

Definition of illuminate in US English:

illuminate

verbɪˈluməˌneɪtiˈlo͞oməˌnāt

1with object Light up.
照明，照亮
a flash of lightning illuminated the house
一道闪电照亮了屋子。
figurative his face was illuminated by a smile
〈喻〉他的脸庞露出了明亮的笑容。
Example sentencesExamples
- When the lights flashed it illuminated the sky and the whole area.
- A flash of light briefly illuminated the hallway, pouring through the broken window and burning their eyes.
- Kentis elects not to use artificial lighting, so the only time we see the characters is when a flash of lightning illuminates them and the sharks that are circling them.
- All movement was eradicated as a brilliant flash of blue-orange light illuminated their horrified faces.
- A green fluorescent light illuminates a wall work that quotes the iconic graphic equaliser readout in homage to Donald Judd.
- Great flashes of light illuminated the whole area, punctuated by the rumbling of thunder clouds.
- That day, it was the interior's turn to be brilliantly illuminated - by fluorescent lights carried up to the rafters by remote-controlled helium balloons.
- At the moment, in the third window down, a light shone brightly, illuminating a small patch of the garden below.
- Seems its only presence to the passing motorist is a narrow entrance road and a sign which wasn't illuminated.
- The next town was Boyes, just 29 km down the road and as we rode towards it we saw flashes of lightning illuminate the horizon.
- Then a storm begins, and the flashes of lightning briefly and beautifully illuminate a tree waving in the wind outside the window.
- The lightning flashes illuminated the pastor's face.
- At the top of the last little bump, they could see the shoulder-high summit sign illuminated by the first light of day.
- A great flash of lightning illuminated the world outside, showing the trees dark against the night sky.
- Lightning flashed, illuminating the dark hollow face of a single man.
- The heads will face one another topped with a helmet and lamp from which beams of light will illuminate the carriageways.
- He said oversized and illuminated signs were not appropriate in the area.
- A golden light was shining down illuminating Isabelle's face.
- The sun's morning light shone softly, illuminating her blue eyes.
- Overheard the sun shone brightly, illuminating the garden with a brilliant ray of light.
Synonyms
light, light up, throw light on, cast light upon, brighten, make brighter, shine on, flood with light, floodlight, irradiate
1. 1.1 Decorate (a building or structure) with lights for a special occasion.
  用灯装饰（建筑物）
  Example sentencesExamples
  It appealed to the citizens of Bangalore to decorate and illuminate their houses and shops, feed the poor and offer prayers for the long life and prosperity of the Maharaja.
  On Diwali 1619 the Golden Temple was illuminated with many lights to welcome home and celebrate the release of Guru Hargobind from imprisonment in Gwalior fort.
  During this period, the minarets of all the mosques are illuminated with strings of electric lights.
  During the Lantern Festival, most temples are illuminated by colorful lanterns of all shapes and sizes.
  As the season approaches the countryside and towns light up and outlines of houses buildings and churches are illuminated.
2often as adjective illuminatedDecorate (a page or initial letter in a manuscript) with gold, silver, or colored designs.
用金、银等彩色图案装饰（书稿的书页或首词第一个字母）
Example sentencesExamples
- Two different worlds present themselves to the scholar of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from Spain.
- Thus, the museum began to acquire European sculpture and old master drawings and purchased an important collection of medieval and renaissance illuminated manuscripts.
- He is a fine late Romanesque painter open to more modern influences, particularly those emanating from Byzantium, perhaps via Franciscan illuminated manuscripts.
- Large illuminated letters became popular with the advent of hand-written manuscripts and official documents.
- Yet a current show there, on one of the grandest of all illuminated manuscripts, does both.
Synonyms
decorate, illustrate, embellish, adorn, ornament, enhance, emblazon, highlight
3usually as adjective illuminatingHelp to clarify or explain (a subject or matter)
〈喻〉阐明，澄清（主题、问题）
a most illuminating discussion
一次最能阐明问题的讨论。
Example sentencesExamples
- Of this central Lockean teaching and Zuckert's meticulous and illuminating discussions of it, we hear not one word from Prof. Mitchell.
- The commentary is particularly illuminating.
- Their results were paradoxical and their discussion illuminating.
- That last incident is particularly illuminating.
- The two books provide detailed but clear legislative history while illuminating the changing political process and values of the postwar West.
- Like the rescue workers there, one waded in trying to find something that was alive, that would illuminate and explain what had happened.
- The editors emphasize making tacit knowledge itself explicit, rather than illuminating the process of creating and using valuable tacit knowledge.
- I would like to thank him for illuminating discussions and for sending a manuscript prior to publication.
- All of these essays are clear, well documented, and illuminating.
- The text ends on page 710, the rest consisting of notes and index, and while the notes are sharp and illuminating, some of them amount to mini-essays.
- Even here, in the first chapter, the reader is treated to probing analysis and illuminating discussion.
- Stark's discussion is lively, pointed and frequently illuminating.
- There is even the promise of positive theory, exemplified in a brief but illuminating discussion of Likert's notions of effective hierarchies.
- Questions were asked about black box, flight paths, crashes, missile technology, etc., and the answers were illuminating.
- Though MacDonald's discussion of this topic is interesting and illuminating, it left me unconvinced.
- He does so clearly, often illuminating the topic with discussion of classical texts.
- Cross-cultural research can help illuminate and clarify the social and developmental differences that exist across various cultures.
- Fellow blogger and super-cute Darian had some very funny, illuminating and revealing stories about the film he was currently working on.
- Arf contributed to the education of many of the present day mathematicians in Turkey, not only by his lectures but also through illuminating discussions in conferences and seminars.
- The discussion is often illuminating: for example, the discussion of the divine king, or of the marginalization of royal women in Benin.
Synonyms
clarify, elucidate, explain, reveal, make clear, shed light on, cast light on, give insight into, clear up
informative, enlightening, revealing, explanatory, instructive, instructional, helpful, educational, educative, edifying, rewarding, enriching

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin illuminat- ‘illuminated’, from the verb illuminare, from in- ‘upon’ + lumen, lumin- ‘light’.

单词	illuminate
释义	Definition of illuminate in English: illuminate verb ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪˈluməˌneɪt 1with object Light up. 照明，照亮 a flash of lightning illuminated the house 一道闪电照亮了屋子。 figurative his face was illuminated by a smile 〈喻〉他的脸庞露出了明亮的笑容。 Example sentencesExamples A flash of light briefly illuminated the hallway, pouring through the broken window and burning their eyes. Great flashes of light illuminated the whole area, punctuated by the rumbling of thunder clouds. A great flash of lightning illuminated the world outside, showing the trees dark against the night sky. All movement was eradicated as a brilliant flash of blue-orange light illuminated their horrified faces. That day, it was the interior's turn to be brilliantly illuminated - by fluorescent lights carried up to the rafters by remote-controlled helium balloons. The sun's morning light shone softly, illuminating her blue eyes. The lightning flashes illuminated the pastor's face. Overheard the sun shone brightly, illuminating the garden with a brilliant ray of light. At the top of the last little bump, they could see the shoulder-high summit sign illuminated by the first light of day. When the lights flashed it illuminated the sky and the whole area. Lightning flashed, illuminating the dark hollow face of a single man. Seems its only presence to the passing motorist is a narrow entrance road and a sign which wasn't illuminated. At the moment, in the third window down, a light shone brightly, illuminating a small patch of the garden below. Kentis elects not to use artificial lighting, so the only time we see the characters is when a flash of lightning illuminates them and the sharks that are circling them. A golden light was shining down illuminating Isabelle's face. A green fluorescent light illuminates a wall work that quotes the iconic graphic equaliser readout in homage to Donald Judd. He said oversized and illuminated signs were not appropriate in the area. Then a storm begins, and the flashes of lightning briefly and beautifully illuminate a tree waving in the wind outside the window. The next town was Boyes, just 29 km down the road and as we rode towards it we saw flashes of lightning illuminate the horizon. The heads will face one another topped with a helmet and lamp from which beams of light will illuminate the carriageways. Synonyms light, light up, throw light on, cast light upon, brighten, make brighter, shine on, flood with light, floodlight, irradiate literary illumine 1.1 Decorate (a building or structure) with lights for a special occasion. 用灯装饰（建筑物） Example sentencesExamples As the season approaches the countryside and towns light up and outlines of houses buildings and churches are illuminated. It appealed to the citizens of Bangalore to decorate and illuminate their houses and shops, feed the poor and offer prayers for the long life and prosperity of the Maharaja. During this period, the minarets of all the mosques are illuminated with strings of electric lights. During the Lantern Festival, most temples are illuminated by colorful lanterns of all shapes and sizes. On Diwali 1619 the Golden Temple was illuminated with many lights to welcome home and celebrate the release of Guru Hargobind from imprisonment in Gwalior fort. 2often as adjective illuminatedDecorate (a page or initial letter in a manuscript) with gold, silver, or coloured designs. 用金、银等彩色图案装饰（书稿的书页或首词第一个字母） Example sentencesExamples He is a fine late Romanesque painter open to more modern influences, particularly those emanating from Byzantium, perhaps via Franciscan illuminated manuscripts. Yet a current show there, on one of the grandest of all illuminated manuscripts, does both. Thus, the museum began to acquire European sculpture and old master drawings and purchased an important collection of medieval and renaissance illuminated manuscripts. Two different worlds present themselves to the scholar of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from Spain. Large illuminated letters became popular with the advent of hand-written manuscripts and official documents. Synonyms decorate, illustrate, embellish, adorn, ornament, enhance, emblazon, highlight 3usually as adjective illuminatingHelp to clarify or explain. 〈喻〉阐明，澄清（主题、问题） a most illuminating discussion 一次最能阐明问题的讨论。 Example sentencesExamples I would like to thank him for illuminating discussions and for sending a manuscript prior to publication. Cross-cultural research can help illuminate and clarify the social and developmental differences that exist across various cultures. The commentary is particularly illuminating. Stark's discussion is lively, pointed and frequently illuminating. He does so clearly, often illuminating the topic with discussion of classical texts. Their results were paradoxical and their discussion illuminating. Like the rescue workers there, one waded in trying to find something that was alive, that would illuminate and explain what had happened. The discussion is often illuminating: for example, the discussion of the divine king, or of the marginalization of royal women in Benin. Even here, in the first chapter, the reader is treated to probing analysis and illuminating discussion. Though MacDonald's discussion of this topic is interesting and illuminating, it left me unconvinced. The editors emphasize making tacit knowledge itself explicit, rather than illuminating the process of creating and using valuable tacit knowledge. The two books provide detailed but clear legislative history while illuminating the changing political process and values of the postwar West. Fellow blogger and super-cute Darian had some very funny, illuminating and revealing stories about the film he was currently working on. Arf contributed to the education of many of the present day mathematicians in Turkey, not only by his lectures but also through illuminating discussions in conferences and seminars. Of this central Lockean teaching and Zuckert's meticulous and illuminating discussions of it, we hear not one word from Prof. Mitchell. The text ends on page 710, the rest consisting of notes and index, and while the notes are sharp and illuminating, some of them amount to mini-essays. There is even the promise of positive theory, exemplified in a brief but illuminating discussion of Likert's notions of effective hierarchies. Questions were asked about black box, flight paths, crashes, missile technology, etc., and the answers were illuminating. All of these essays are clear, well documented, and illuminating. That last incident is particularly illuminating. Synonyms clarify, elucidate, explain, reveal, make clear, shed light on, cast light on, give insight into, clear up make explicit, spell out, explicate, expound, rationalize informative, enlightening, revealing, explanatory, instructive, instructional, helpful, educational, educative, edifying, rewarding, enriching Derivatives illuminatingly adverb He illuminatingly discusses familiar writers, and he also cites many figures unknown to me. Example sentencesExamples If it hadn't, he says illuminatingly, it would have meant that oppositions haven't been using their brains. LeBlanc illuminatingly documents their trials, tribulations and despairs. In one of the best essays, ‘Sound observed’, he speculates illuminatingly. The cases also illuminatingly illustrate different techniques for attempting to resolve disputes of this kind. illuminative adjective ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪvɪˈl(j)uːmɪnətɪvɪˈluməˌneɪdɪv Her annotations are illuminative and sincere. Example sentencesExamples It is the final sentence which, in our judgment, is really illuminative, and although the court was there concerned with an application under section 78 it could equally well have been considering an application to stay the proceedings. This shows that dialogue between scholars of different religious affiliations and different disciplines can be very illuminative and fruitful and can lead to a good understanding among the parties involved. He says no one can prove there have been massacres, and the journalists linger on the illuminative qualities of the horizon - of the frame - the beauty of the light. In the church we do know the power of the candle and its enormous capacities for setting mood and providing an illuminative context for worship and prayer. illuminator noun ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtəɪˈluməˌneɪdər Early LED packaging, for devices originally meant as indicators rather than high-power illuminators, couldn't handle these kinds of requirements. Example sentencesExamples This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see works of great illuminators and painters side by side. This book was the work of an entire team of illuminators and scribes working to a well-tried formula. Colourful illuminators are to be installed in the pavement along Newport Street to greet visitors after dark as part of a revamp of the train station, bus station and the route to the shopping area. The illuminators of fifteenth-century manuscript books are generally shuffled off by art historians into corners, niches and footnotes. When this kind of book was first decorated in mid-fourteenth-century Catalonia, there was no pictorial tradition that illuminators, whether Christian or Jewish, could draw on. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin illuminat- 'illuminated', from the verb illuminare, from in- 'upon' + lumen, lumin- 'light'. Rhymes ruminate Definition of illuminate in US English: illuminate verbɪˈluməˌneɪtiˈlo͞oməˌnāt 1with object Light up. 照明，照亮 a flash of lightning illuminated the house 一道闪电照亮了屋子。 figurative his face was illuminated by a smile 〈喻〉他的脸庞露出了明亮的笑容。 Example sentencesExamples When the lights flashed it illuminated the sky and the whole area. A flash of light briefly illuminated the hallway, pouring through the broken window and burning their eyes. Kentis elects not to use artificial lighting, so the only time we see the characters is when a flash of lightning illuminates them and the sharks that are circling them. All movement was eradicated as a brilliant flash of blue-orange light illuminated their horrified faces. A green fluorescent light illuminates a wall work that quotes the iconic graphic equaliser readout in homage to Donald Judd. Great flashes of light illuminated the whole area, punctuated by the rumbling of thunder clouds. That day, it was the interior's turn to be brilliantly illuminated - by fluorescent lights carried up to the rafters by remote-controlled helium balloons. At the moment, in the third window down, a light shone brightly, illuminating a small patch of the garden below. Seems its only presence to the passing motorist is a narrow entrance road and a sign which wasn't illuminated. The next town was Boyes, just 29 km down the road and as we rode towards it we saw flashes of lightning illuminate the horizon. Then a storm begins, and the flashes of lightning briefly and beautifully illuminate a tree waving in the wind outside the window. The lightning flashes illuminated the pastor's face. At the top of the last little bump, they could see the shoulder-high summit sign illuminated by the first light of day. A great flash of lightning illuminated the world outside, showing the trees dark against the night sky. Lightning flashed, illuminating the dark hollow face of a single man. The heads will face one another topped with a helmet and lamp from which beams of light will illuminate the carriageways. He said oversized and illuminated signs were not appropriate in the area. A golden light was shining down illuminating Isabelle's face. The sun's morning light shone softly, illuminating her blue eyes. Overheard the sun shone brightly, illuminating the garden with a brilliant ray of light. Synonyms light, light up, throw light on, cast light upon, brighten, make brighter, shine on, flood with light, floodlight, irradiate 1.1 Decorate (a building or structure) with lights for a special occasion. 用灯装饰（建筑物） Example sentencesExamples It appealed to the citizens of Bangalore to decorate and illuminate their houses and shops, feed the poor and offer prayers for the long life and prosperity of the Maharaja. On Diwali 1619 the Golden Temple was illuminated with many lights to welcome home and celebrate the release of Guru Hargobind from imprisonment in Gwalior fort. During this period, the minarets of all the mosques are illuminated with strings of electric lights. During the Lantern Festival, most temples are illuminated by colorful lanterns of all shapes and sizes. As the season approaches the countryside and towns light up and outlines of houses buildings and churches are illuminated. 2often as adjective illuminatedDecorate (a page or initial letter in a manuscript) with gold, silver, or colored designs. 用金、银等彩色图案装饰（书稿的书页或首词第一个字母） Example sentencesExamples Two different worlds present themselves to the scholar of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from Spain. Thus, the museum began to acquire European sculpture and old master drawings and purchased an important collection of medieval and renaissance illuminated manuscripts. He is a fine late Romanesque painter open to more modern influences, particularly those emanating from Byzantium, perhaps via Franciscan illuminated manuscripts. Large illuminated letters became popular with the advent of hand-written manuscripts and official documents. Yet a current show there, on one of the grandest of all illuminated manuscripts, does both. Synonyms decorate, illustrate, embellish, adorn, ornament, enhance, emblazon, highlight 3usually as adjective illuminatingHelp to clarify or explain (a subject or matter) 〈喻〉阐明，澄清（主题、问题） a most illuminating discussion 一次最能阐明问题的讨论。 Example sentencesExamples Of this central Lockean teaching and Zuckert's meticulous and illuminating discussions of it, we hear not one word from Prof. Mitchell. The commentary is particularly illuminating. Their results were paradoxical and their discussion illuminating. That last incident is particularly illuminating. The two books provide detailed but clear legislative history while illuminating the changing political process and values of the postwar West. Like the rescue workers there, one waded in trying to find something that was alive, that would illuminate and explain what had happened. The editors emphasize making tacit knowledge itself explicit, rather than illuminating the process of creating and using valuable tacit knowledge. I would like to thank him for illuminating discussions and for sending a manuscript prior to publication. All of these essays are clear, well documented, and illuminating. The text ends on page 710, the rest consisting of notes and index, and while the notes are sharp and illuminating, some of them amount to mini-essays. Even here, in the first chapter, the reader is treated to probing analysis and illuminating discussion. Stark's discussion is lively, pointed and frequently illuminating. There is even the promise of positive theory, exemplified in a brief but illuminating discussion of Likert's notions of effective hierarchies. Questions were asked about black box, flight paths, crashes, missile technology, etc., and the answers were illuminating. Though MacDonald's discussion of this topic is interesting and illuminating, it left me unconvinced. He does so clearly, often illuminating the topic with discussion of classical texts. Cross-cultural research can help illuminate and clarify the social and developmental differences that exist across various cultures. Fellow blogger and super-cute Darian had some very funny, illuminating and revealing stories about the film he was currently working on. Arf contributed to the education of many of the present day mathematicians in Turkey, not only by his lectures but also through illuminating discussions in conferences and seminars. The discussion is often illuminating: for example, the discussion of the divine king, or of the marginalization of royal women in Benin. Synonyms clarify, elucidate, explain, reveal, make clear, shed light on, cast light on, give insight into, clear up informative, enlightening, revealing, explanatory, instructive, instructional, helpful, educational, educative, edifying, rewarding, enriching Origin Late Middle English: from Latin illuminat- ‘illuminated’, from the verb illuminare, from in- ‘upon’ + lumen, lumin- ‘light’.
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