different between radiate vs region

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/, /??e?di.?t/

Verb

radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
   • 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates

     Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.
2. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.

   The stove radiates heat.

3. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

   The heat radiates from a stove.

   • 1706, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy

     Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
4. (transitive) To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
7. (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

Synonyms

• (to expose to radiation): irradiate

Derived terms

• radiator

Related terms

• radiation

Translations

Adjective

radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

   a radiate crystal

2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
3. (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
4. (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
5. (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
6. (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

Translations

Noun

radiate (plural radiates)

1. (zoology) One of the Radiata.

Related terms

• radial
• radiation
• radio
• radius
• ray

Further reading

• radiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• radiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• radiate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• airdate, ardaite, tiaraed

Esperanto

Adverb

radiate

1. present adverbial passive participle of radii

Italian

Verb

radiate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
2. second-person plural present indicative of radiare
3. second-person plural imperative of radiare
4. second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
5. feminine plural of radiato

Anagrams

• aderita, adirate, ardiate, datarie, daterai

Latin

Verb

radi?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of radi?

English

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?j??n, IPA^(key): /??i?d??n?/
• Rhymes: -i?d??n

Noun

region (plural regions)

1. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
   1. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
   2. An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
   3. A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
   4. (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
   5. Ellipsis of administrative region
      1. A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
3. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
4. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

5. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
6. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

Derived terms

• region-wide, regionwide

Related terms

Translations

References

• region in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.

Anagrams

• Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)

1. region

Inflection

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?. Doublet of regio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [re??i?n]
• Hyphenation: ré?gi?on

Noun

region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)

1. region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

   Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

Related terms

Further reading

• “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

region (plural regiones)

1. region

Ladin

Alternative forms

• raion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Middle English

Noun

region

1. Alternative form of regioun

Middle French

Etymology

Latin regi?.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region (area, district, etc.)

Descendants

• French: région
  • ? Romanian: regiune

References

• region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)

1. a region

Derived terms

References

• “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)

1. a region

Derived terms

References

• “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin regi?.

Noun

region f (plural regions)

1. region

Related terms

• regional

Polish

Etymology

From German Region, from Latin regi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r???.j?n/

Noun

region m inan

1. region, area, district

   Synonyms: rejon, obszar, dzielnica, obwód, kraina

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• region in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• r?gija (Croatia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regi?.

Noun

regì?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) region
2. (Croatia, derogatory) the area of former Yugoslavia

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

Noun

region c

1. region, area

Declension

Related terms

• regional
• regionförbund
• stödregion
• Västra Götalandsregionen