Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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“illuminates” is a form of

illuminate

/ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/ verb, adjective, noun

Forms illuminates illuminating illuminated

  1. verb (transitive) To shine light on something.
  2. verb (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
  3. verb (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
  4. verb (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
  5. verb (transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.
  6. verb (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
  7. verb (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
  8. verb (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
  9. adjective (obsolete) Enlightened, illuminated, made bright.
  10. adjective (figurative) Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized.
  11. adjective (archaic) Learned, erudite.
  12. noun Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

Synonyms

belight bring home clarify elucidate explicitize sort out straighten out illustrate gleam enlighten illumine quill shine alight beshine bright fire illume irradiate light light up clear clear up shed light on crystallize crystallise crystalize crystalise

Antonyms

endarken

Etymology

From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin illūminātus, perfect passive participle of illūminō (“lighten, light up, show off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from in + lūminō (“light up”), from lūmen (“light”). Cognate with Old English lȳman (“to glow, shine”). More at leam.

From Latin illūminātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. For sense 3, see also Lumières.

From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
  2. verb To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
  3. verb To light up in token or rejoicing.
  4. adjective Enlightened. Bp. Hall.

Etymology [L. illuminatus, p.p. of illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume, Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.]

Etymology [L. illuminatus, p.p.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “illuminate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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