radiate
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Definition of radiate
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radiate
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms for radiate
Synonyms: Verb
Antonyms: Verb
concentrate, converge, focus, funnel, meet
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Examples of radiate in a Sentence
Verb
The pain was radiating down my arm. The sun radiates heat and light. Heat radiates from the sun.
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On Sunday, Keyla’s living room altar radiated with color. — Los Angeles Times, oregonlive.com, "Remembering Keyla, 13, the bullied girl with autism, gunned down at Gilroy Garlic Festival," 11 Aug. 2019 The dust that absorbs starlight must heat up and radiate at longer infrared wavelengths, which Wang, Elbaz, and colleagues could look for. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Galaxy hunters spot hidden giants in the early universe," 7 Aug. 2019 Feeling good has to come from inside and radiate outside. — Halley Bondy, NBC News, "How to rock your outfit at any size, with Gravitas' Lisa Sun," 16 July 2019 Belinda Landu, a tall 28-year-old with long hair who radiates confidence, was making a meager living as a tailor in capital city Kinshasa before the outbreak. — Sally Hayden, Time, "Inside the Battle to Save Congo From the Ebola Crisis," 19 June 2019 The huge open legs In this scene, Ariana danced beneath a pair of open legs that had golden light radiating behind them. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Ariana Grande's "God Is a Woman" Music Video Is Full of Vagina References," 13 July 2018 On a good day, Leos are warm, generous, and compassionate lovers who radiate their positive energy toward their partners. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, "What Your Zodiac Sign Says About Your Worst Relationship Habit," 14 May 2018 In addition, radiating equiangular lines would pass through the surface of a surrounding sphere at equidistant points. — Quanta Magazine, "A New Path to Equal-Angle Lines," 11 Apr. 2017 The Leonids seem to radiate from the constellation Leo, the Perseids from the constellation Perseus, the Geminids from Gemini and so on. — NBC News, "Meteor showers: What they are and how to watch them," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'radiate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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