illumination
[noun]
Synonyms:
- light, brightness, lighting, radiance
- enlightenment, clarification, insight, revelation

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

il‧lu‧mi‧na‧tion /ɪˌluːməˈneɪʃən, ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən, ɪˌljuː- $ ɪˌluː-/ noun formal

1. [uncountable] lighting provided by a lamp, light etc:
White candles, the only illumination, burned on the table.
soft illumination

2. [countable usually plural] a picture or pattern painted on a page of a book, especially in the past:
the illuminations in a medieval manuscript

3. illuminations [plural] British English a show of coloured lights used to make a town bright and colourful:
the Blackpool illuminations

4. [uncountable and countable] formal a clear explanation or understanding of a particular subject

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

illumination
noun
ADJ. bright, good, strong
QUANT. level providing an excellent level of illumination
VERB + ILLUMINATION provide The skylight will provide good illumination from above.
ILLUMINATION + VERB come from sth Most of the illumination came from candles.
PHRASES a source of illumination The only source of illumination was a single small window.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲