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All illuminate synonyms

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verb illuminate

  • flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
  • highlight — to emphasize or make prominent.
  • brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
  • spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • light up — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  • clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
  • illustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
  • define — to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
  • ignite — to set on fire; kindle.
  • illumine — Light up ; brighten.
  • irradiate — to shed rays of light upon; illuminate.
  • fire — combustion
  • light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
  • lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
  • spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
  • illume — to illuminate.
  • kindle — (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
  • floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
  • perfect — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
  • gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
  • edify — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
  • better — Better is the comparative of good.
  • instruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
  • finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • construe — If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
  • polish — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
  • improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
  • interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • limelight — Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
  • clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • uplight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a cylinder or other container, placed on the floor so that a beam of light is directed upward.
  • enlighten — Give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation.
  • elucidate — Make (something) clear; explain.
  • explain — Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
  • inform — to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
  • dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  • expound — Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
  • express — By express train or delivery service.
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