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illumination

/ɪˌl(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˌl(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
ɪˌljuːmɪˈneɪʃən
Syllables
5 syllables
Stress
4th syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

ɪ - ˌljuːmɪ - ˈneɪʃən -> illumination

Myanmar meaning

(n) မီးထွန်းခြင်း။တောက်ပသောအလင်းရောင်။

Full entry

illuminate / Ç'lu:mÇneÇt / v

၁။ အလင်းရောင်ပေးသည်။ မီး ထွန်းသည်။ မီးထိုးသည်။ illuminated signs ❍ Spotlights illuminated the courtyard.
၂။ မီးထွန်းညှိသည်။ illuminate a street / building.
၃။ (fml ) ထွန်းပြသည်။ ရှင်းသည်။ လင်းသည်။ illuminate a difficult passage in a book.
❑ illuminated adj
ရောင်စုံရွှေဇဝါ၊ ငွေဇဝါ စသည် ရေးခြယ် ထားသော (ကျမ်းစသည်)။ an illuminated manuscript.
❑ illuminating adj ထွန်းပြသော။ လင်းပြသော။ an illuminating analysis / talk.
❑ illumination / Çlu:mÇ'neÇʃn / n
၁။ [U, C] အလင်းရောင်။ the faint illumination of a torch.
၂။ illuminations [pl] (Brit ) မီးရောင်စုံ၊ မီးပဒေသာ ထွန်းညှိခြင်း။ the Christmas illuminations in the high street.
၃။ [C usu pl ] ရောင်စုံ ရွှေဇဝါ၊ ငွေဇဝါထိုးခြင်း။
၄။ [U] အလင်းရောင်ပေးခြင်း။ မီးထိုးခြင်း။
the illumination of the courtyard ❍ spiritual illumination.

More examples
  • Brilliant sunshine illuminated the scene.
  • Her face was dimly illuminated by the reading lamp beside her.
  • By night the castle is beautifully illuminated.
  • His comments can illuminate aspects of a writer’s work unforgettably.
Synonyms
light up, light, illumine, better, brighten, clarify, clear up, construe, define, dramatize, edify, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, express, finish, fire, flash, floodlight, give insight, gloss, highlight, hit with a light, ignite, illume, illustrate, improve, inform, instruct, interpret, irradiate, kindle, lighten, limelight, make light, perfect, polish, put in the picture, shed light on, spot, spotlight, uplight
Antonyms
be vague, cloud, complicate, confuse, darken, dull, extinguish, involve, mystify, obscure, put out, ruin, worsen
Cross references
light uplightilluminebetterbrightenclarifyclear upconstruedefinedramatizeedifyelucidateenlightenexplainexpoundexpressfinishfireflashfloodlightgive insightglosshighlighthit with a lightigniteillumeillustrateimprove
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