Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:

   • To flow out, issue, or proceed from a source.
   • To come forth, as from a source or origin; to originate.

2. Transitive Verb:

   • To send forth; to emit.

Examples of Usage

• Intransitive Verb:

  • A wonderful smell emanated from the kitchen.
  • Confidence emanates from her when she speaks.
  • The sound seemed to emanate from the basement.

• Transitive Verb (less common):

  • The lamp emanated a soft, warm light.
  • The leader emanated calm authority during the crisis.

Advanced Usage

• "to emanate from": This is the most common construction, used to describe the source of an intangible quality, sound, light, or smell.
  • A sense of peace emanated from the old monastery.
  • The policy changes emanate from the new director's office.

Variants and Related Words

• Emanation (noun): Something that emanates or is produced from a source.
  • The light was a faint emanation from the distant star.
• Emanative (adjective): Having the quality of emanating.

Synonyms

• Emit (to send out, especially gas, light, or heat).
• Radiate (to emit energy, especially light or heat, in rays; to project a quality or feeling).
• Issue (to come out from a source).
• Originate (to begin; to have as a source).
• Exude (to discharge slowly and steadily, often used for liquids or qualities like confidence).

Antonyms

• Absorb (to take in).
• Receive (to be given or presented with).

Related Phrases

• "to emanate authority/power": To project a strong sense of authority or power.
  • Even in silence, the judge emanated authority.
• "to emanate warmth/kindness": To project a feeling of warmth or kindness.
  • His smile emanated genuine kindness.

Verb

1. give out (breath or an odor)
   • The chimney exhales a thick smoke
2. proceed or issue forth, as from a source
   • Water emanates from this hole in the ground