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enlightening definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb enlighten Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb enlighten Entailment of verb enlighten Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb enlighten 3 senses of enlighten Sense 1 enlighten, edify => teach, learn, instruct Sense 2 enlighten, irradiate => prophesy Sense 3 clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate => interpret, construe, see Familiarity of verb enlighten enlighten used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb enlighten Sense 1 enlighten, edify => teach, learn, instruct -------------- Sense 2 enlighten, irradiate => prophesy -------------- Sense 3 clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate => interpret, construe, see -------------- Overview of verb enlighten The verb enlighten has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. enlighten, edify -- (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal") 2. enlighten, irradiate -- (give spiritual insight to in religion) 3. clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault") Overview of adj enlightening The adj enlightening has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. enlightening, informative, instructive -- (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action") 2. edifying, enlightening -- (enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read") 3. illuminating, enlightening -- (highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying; "an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of information") Antonyms of adj enlightening 3 senses of enlightening Sense 1 enlightening (vs. unenlightening), informative, instructive unenlightening (vs. enlightening), uninformative, uninstructive Sense 2 edifying (vs. unedifying), enlightening Sense 3 illuminating (vs. unilluminating), enlightening Similarity of adj enlightening 3 senses of enlightening Sense 1 enlightening (vs. unenlightening), informative, instructive Sense 2 edifying (vs. unedifying), enlightening Sense 3 illuminating (vs. unilluminating), enlightening Attributes of adj enlightening Familiarity of adj enlightening enlightening used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj enlightening enlightening unenlightening Overview of verb enlighten The verb enlighten has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. enlighten, edify -- (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal") 2. enlighten, irradiate -- (give spiritual insight to in religion) 3. clarify, clear, clear up shed light on crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out sort out enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault") Overview of adj enlightening The adj enlightening has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. enlightening, informative, instructive -- (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action") 2. edifying, enlightening -- (enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read") 3. illuminating, enlightening -- (highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying; "an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of information")
enlightening definition
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