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# illuminated

verb form (past of illuminate: illuminate, illuminates, illuminated, illuminating); adjective (illuminated)

«illuminated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Illuminated means lit up with light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#m1)
2. (formal) Illuminated can mean made clear and easier to understand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#m2)
3. An illuminated manuscript is an old handwritten book decorated with gold, silver and bright colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x1)
- The torch illuminated the dark cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x2)
- The street was illuminated with Christmas lights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x3)
- Monks wrote illuminated manuscripts with golden letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x4)
- The moon is illuminated by the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x5)
- Her face was illuminated by the candle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x6)
- The diagram illuminated the hard idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x7)
- In the evening the whole town was illuminated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/#x8)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «illuminated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«illuminated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/illuminated.html) on Mova free.