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illuminating

adj
/ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪŋ/UK/ɪlˈluməneɪtɪŋ/US

Etymology

From illuminate + -ing.

  1. borrowed from illūminātus
  2. inherited from illuminaten
  3. suffixed as illuminating — “illuminate + ing”

Definitions

  1. Providing illumination or light.

  2. Providing clarification or explanation

    Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.

  3. present participle and gerund of illuminate.

The neighborhood

Derived

illuminating gas, illuminatingly, illuminating oil, underilluminating, unilluminating

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for illuminating. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA