What does radiate mean?

radiate means "send out rays or waves". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in radiate?

radiate has 3 syllables: ra-di-ate. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪdiət/.

What is another word for radiate?

Close synonyms include ray, glow, beam, shine, glow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is radiate a common word?

radiate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

radiate — meaning, pronunciation and 10 definitions

verb

8 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
send out rays or waves
“The sun radiates heat”
Broaderemit
2.
send out real or metaphoric rays
“She radiates happiness”
Broaderemit
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”
Synonymsray
Broaderrun
4.
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
“Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna”
Synonymsglow beam shine
Broaderlook
5.
cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
“The sun is radiating”
Broadercause to be perceived
Narrowerflash gleam glow
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”
Synonymsglow beam shine
Broaderfeel
7.
issue or emerge in rays or waves
“Heat radiated from the metal box”
Broaderissue
8.
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
“The plants on this island diversified”
Synonymsdiversify
Broaderchange

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

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”
Synonymsradial stellate
Similarsymmetrical
2.
having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
Similarcompound

Other forms of radiate

past tense: radiated·
present participle: radiating·
third person: radiates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about radiate

What does radiate mean?: radiate means "send out rays or waves". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in radiate?: radiate has 3 syllables: ra-di-ate. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪdiət/.
What is another word for radiate?: Close synonyms include ray, glow, beam, shine, glow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is radiate a common word?: radiate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for radiate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

8 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
send out rays or waves
“The sun radiates heat”
Broaderemit
2.
send out real or metaphoric rays
“She radiates happiness”
Broaderemit
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”
Synonymsray
Broaderrun
4.
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
“Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna”
Synonymsglow beam shine
Broaderlook
5.
cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
“The sun is radiating”
Broadercause to be perceived
Narrowerflash gleam glow
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”
Synonymsglow beam shine
Broaderfeel
7.
issue or emerge in rays or waves
“Heat radiated from the metal box”
Broaderissue
8.
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
“The plants on this island diversified”
Synonymsdiversify
Broaderchange

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

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”
Synonymsradial stellate
Similarsymmetrical
2.
having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
Similarcompound

Other forms of radiate

past tense: radiated·
present participle: radiating·
third person: radiates·

Questions about radiate

What does radiate mean?: radiate means "send out rays or waves". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in radiate?: radiate has 3 syllables: ra-di-ate. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪdiət/.
What is another word for radiate?: Close synonyms include ray, glow, beam, shine, glow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is radiate a common word?: radiate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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