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UK
/ɹˈeɪdɪˌeɪt/
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[ US /ˈɹeɪdiˌeɪt, ˈɹeɪdiət/ ]
[ US /ˈɹeɪdiˌeɪt, ˈɹeɪdiət/ ]
VERB
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extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
This plants radiate spines in all directions
spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel -
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
The plants on this island diversified -
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 -
issue or emerge in rays or waves
Heat radiated from the metal box -
cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
The sun is radiating -
send out rays or waves
The sun radiates heat -
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna -
send out real or metaphoric rays
She radiates happiness
ADJECTIVE
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arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals
radial symmetry
many cities show a radial pattern of main highways - having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
How To Use radiate In A Sentence
- This type of power - a culture that radiates outward and a market that draws inward - rests on pull, not on push; on acceptance, not on imposition.
- And the niveous winter gleam, although polished, could never radiate the warmth of your smile.
- In the first place, chemical solutions can conform to the geometry of the sample vessel or object being irradiated.
- Others argue the effect of low-level radiation may be amplified by ‘toxins’ emitted from irradiated cells to non-irradiated ‘bystanders’.
- The specialist radiates, operates and medicates, turning what should have killed us evolutionarily into "chronic conditions" that cost 19 percent of the GDP to control. Francine Hardaway: Routine Maintenance: Health Care's Contract With America
- The neon chicken radiates orange warmth into the sparsely populated diner.
- UV light is produced by a Mercury arc lamp, 28 samples can be simultaneously irradiated. The times needed for irradiation are controlled automatically.
- One night, he experienced excruciating pain in his abdomen so intense that it radiated to his back.
- While he radiated innocence and virginity, Siterra radiated seductiveness, wildness, and deadliness.
- The beams of wit, the lively sallies of humour, and the interchange of good fellowship, eradiated the glass in its circulation, and doubly enhanced its contents; and in amusements so truly congenial with the disposition of the Hon. Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life
