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/i looh"meuh nay'ting/, adj.1. giving or casting light.2. informative; enlightening.[1555-65; ILLUMINATE + -ING2]
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Illuminating — Il*lu mi*na ting, a. Giving or producing light; used for illumination. [1913 Webster] {Illuminating gas}. See {Gas}, n., 2 (a) . [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
illuminating — illuminating; un·illuminating; … English syllables
illuminating — index demonstrative (illustrative), descriptive, informative, informatory, interpretive, narrative Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
illuminating — adj. illuminating to + inf. (it was illuminating to read the candidate s earlier speeches) * * * illuminating to + inf. (it was illuminating to read the candidate s earlier speeches) … Combinatory dictionary
illuminating — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
Illuminating — Illuminate Il*lu mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminating}.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of illuminare; pref. il in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See {Luminous}, and cf. {Illume}, {Illumine}, {Enlimn},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
illuminating — il|lu|mi|nat|ing [ıˈlu:mıneıtıŋ, ıˈlju: US ıˈlu: ] adj making things much clearer and easier to understand ▪ a very illuminating book … Dictionary of contemporary English
illuminating — il|lu|mi|nat|ing [ ı lumı,neıtıŋ ] adjective FORMAL providing new or useful information, so that something becomes clearer and easier to understand: an illuminating discussion/lecture … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
illuminating — adjective making things much clearer and easier to understand: I didn t find his reply very illuminating … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
illuminating — adjective the lectures have been interesting as well as illuminating Syn: informative, enlightening, explanatory, instructive, instructional, edifying, helpful, educational, revealing; informal tell all … Thesaurus of popular words
illuminating — UK [ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪtɪŋ] / US [ɪˈlumɪˌneɪtɪŋ] adjective formal providing new or useful information, so that something becomes clearer and easier to understand an illuminating discussion/lecture … English dictionary
