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illuminating
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As an adjective, illuminating means providing illumination or light.
Meanings of illuminating
3 meaningsadjective
Providing illumination or light.
figurativelyProviding clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.
Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
“an enlightening glimpse of government in action”
“an illuminating lecture”
Similar: enlightening, informative
verb
Present participle of illuminate.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
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