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- pronunciation:
- reI
di
eIt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
radiates, radiating, radiated |
| definition 1: |
to come out in the form of rays or waves.
Light radiates from the sun.- synonyms:
- beam
- similar words:
- glow, shine, transmit
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| definition 2: |
to spread out in many directions from a center.
The spokes radiate from the center of a bicycle wheel.- similar words:
- branch, circulate, disperse, fan out, shine
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| definition 3: |
to send out (heat, light, or the like).
The sun radiates heat.
- synonyms:
- emit, shed
- similar words:
- beam, transmit
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| definition 4: |
to have a quality or be in a mood that everyone notices or feels.
She radiated confidence.- similar words:
- ooze, project
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| related words: |
glare, gleam, twinkle |
The word radiate
contains the following parts:
radi
Latin
root
that means ray, spoke
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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