illumination — meaning in English
French → English · translate English → French instead
English meaning
- enlightenment noun The state of having clear understanding, insight, or wisdom.
- Epiphany noun A sudden, striking flash of insight or understanding.
- illumination noun Light, or the act of providing light.
- lighting noun The equipment used to provide light, or the light it produces.
Senses
illumination is used for these senses in English:
- aha moment (idiomatic) The moment or instant at which the solution to a problem, or some other significant realization, becomes clear.
- epiphany An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
- illumination The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
- lighting The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
enlightenment — full definition
- noun The state of having clear understanding, insight, or wisdom.
- name The Enlightenment: an 17th-and-18th-century European intellectual movement that championed reason and science over tradition and superstition.
Epiphany — full definition
- noun A sudden, striking flash of insight or understanding.
- noun Epiphany: a Christian feast, celebrated on January 6, marking the revealing of Jesus Christ to the Magi.