emanate
/'eməneit/
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Definition
Intransitive Verb:
- To flow out, issue, or proceed from a source.
- To come forth, as from a source or origin; to originate.
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
- give out (breath or an odor)
- The chimney exhales a thick smoke
- proceed or issue forth, as from a source
- Water emanates from this hole in the ground