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emanate
What does emanate mean?
emanate (verb): to come from a source; issue from.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use emanate in a sentence?
- Water emanates from this hole in the ground. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce emanate?
/ˈɛməˌneɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does emanate come from?
From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from ē (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to emanate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “emanate” mean?
to interrupt an activity and wait
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stop moving or become immobilized
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to find a solution to (a problem)
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to come from a source; issue from
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