illuminated
part of speech
verb form (past of illuminate: illuminate, illuminates, illuminated, illuminating); adjective (illuminated)
meaning for a pupil
1) Illuminated means lit up with light. tree →
2) (formal) Illuminated can mean made clear and easier to understand. tree →
3) An illuminated manuscript is an old handwritten book decorated with gold, silver and bright colours. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons about light, objects are illuminated by a light source and we see them because light bounces off them. In history, monks made illuminated manuscripts. In stories, a face illuminated by a candle sets the mood. Phrases: brightly illuminated, illuminated sign, illuminated manuscript.
examples
- The castle was illuminated by fireworks. tree →
- The torch illuminated the dark cave. tree →
- The street was illuminated with Christmas lights. tree →
- Monks wrote illuminated manuscripts with golden letters. tree →
- The moon is illuminated by the sun. tree →
- Her face was illuminated by the candle. tree →
- The diagram illuminated the hard idea. tree →
- In the evening the whole town was illuminated. tree →
note
Past of «illuminate»: illuminated. Noun: illumination. Spelling: double l — il-LU-mi-nat-ed. In science: the Moon gives no light of its own; it is illuminated by the Sun.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «illuminated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.