Dictionary Entry
illumination
illumination is a 12-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 20 · 11 senses
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- 1noun
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
- 2noun
Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
- 3noun
Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate. t., 3.
- 4transitive verb
That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
- 5transitive verb
That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
- 6transitive verb
The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.
- 7noun
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
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- 8noun
the luminous flux incident on a unit area
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- 9noun
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
"the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
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- 10noun
the degree of visibility of your environment
- 11noun
a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
"follow God's light"
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