illumine
🇺🇸
/ɪˈluːmɪn/
🇬🇧
/ɪˈluːmɪn/
verb
R
to provide light to something
The streetlights illumined the path as we walked.
R
to explain something clearly
The lecture helped to illumine the complex topic.
R
to make someone's face look bright and happy
Her face was illumined by a big smile.
translation
to provide light to something; to explain something clearly; to make someone's face look bright and happy
Word Forms
3rd Present
illumines
Past
illumined
Perfect
illumined
Progressive
illumining