illuminate
verb (used with object)
to supply or brighten with light; light up.
illuminates
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present tense formof illuminate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Seen in two venues, that balance shifted: The High’s theatrical immersion emphasized Evans’s ominous undercurrents, while the Whitney’s understatement illuminates her generative spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It’s worth thinking about because it illuminates the principles that we should be applying to questions of governance in this country.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
The setting sun illuminates the bottoms of those clouds and creates the beautiful sunsets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
As the afternoon sunshine pours in through a stained-glass window, it illuminates a century-old design of a man dribbling a football across a pitch.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Fittingly, in June a switch is thrown, and electric light illuminates the exhibitions for the first time.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
