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Radiate Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Radiate has 13 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

One of the Radiata.

Verb
1

send out rays or waves

"The sun radiates heat"

2

send out real or metaphoric rays

"She radiates happiness"

3

extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"

"This plants radiate spines in all directions"

4

have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

"Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"

5

cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays

"The sun is radiating"

6

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

"She was beaming with joy"

"Her face radiated with happiness"

7

issue or emerge in rays or waves

"Heat radiated from the metal box"

8

spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate

"The plants on this island diversified"

9

To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

Adjective
1

arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

"radial symmetry"

"a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"

"many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"

2

having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

3

Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

Example Sentences
"The sun radiates heat" verb
"She radiates happiness" verb
"spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel" verb
"This plants radiate spines in all directions" verb
"Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" verb
"The sun is radiating" verb
"She was beaming with joy" verb
"Her face radiated with happiness" verb
"Heat radiated from the metal box" verb
"The plants on this island diversified" verb
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