illuminated

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌɪˈluːməˌneɪtəd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Lit up or supplied with light; brightened by a source of light.; Decorated with elaborate designs, colors, gold leaf, or other ornamentation, especially referring to medieval manuscripts.; Enlightened in mind or spirit; having gained intellectual or spiritual understanding.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'illuminate'; to light up or brighten something.; Past tense and past participle of 'illuminate'; to make something clear or easier to understand by providing explanation or information.; Past tense and past participle of 'illuminate'; to decorate a manuscript or page with ornamental designs, colors, or gold.; Past tense and past participle of 'illuminate'; to make someone intellectually or spiritually enlightened.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: illuminates Past: illuminated Past part.: illuminated Pres part.: illuminating

Collocations

illuminate the pathilluminate the roombrightly illuminatednewly illuminatedilluminate the mindilluminate the text

Derivatives

illuminationilluminatorilluminatingilluminanceilluminated

Synonyms

light upbrightenenlightenclarifyelucidatelight

Antonyms

darkenobscuredim

Commonly confused

illustrate
EN: 'Illuminate' means to light up or make something clear; 'illustrate' means to provide examples or visual depictions.
enlighten
EN: 'Illuminate' can refer to both physical light and figurative understanding; 'enlighten' is almost exclusively figurative/intellectual.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'illuminate' has a double 'l' and ends with '-ate' (not '-ite'). The noun form is 'illumination' (not 'illumation').

💬 Examples

  1. The illuminated streets of the city were visible from miles away.

  2. The museum displayed a beautifully illuminated manuscript from the 14th century.

  3. After years of meditation, she felt truly illuminated and at peace with the world.

  4. The fireworks illuminated the night sky with brilliant colors.

  5. The professor's lecture illuminated the complex theories for the students.

  6. The monks illuminated the pages of the Bible with intricate gold borders.

  7. The ancient texts illuminated the minds of scholars for centuries.