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emitted

/ɪˈmɪtɪd/ /iˈmɪtɪd/

Meanings
verb
To send out or give off

Examples :

"The campfire emitted a warm, orange glow. "
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Related Words

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off noun

/ɔːf/ /ɑf/ /ɒf/ /ɔf/

(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

"He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off."

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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send noun

/sɛnd/

The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.

"The ship experienced a sudden send as the large wave passed beneath it. "

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campfire noun

/ˈkæmpfaɪər/

A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.

"We roasted marshmallows around the campfire and told spooky stories. "

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warm adjective

/wɔːm/ /wɔɹm/

Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

"The tea is still warm."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

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orange noun

/ˈɔɹɪ̈nd͡ʒ/ /ˈɒɹɨn(d)ʒ/ /ˈɑɹɪ̈nd͡ʒ/

An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis.

"My grandpa's orange tree in his backyard produces delicious fruit. "

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give noun

/ɡɪv/

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

"There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs."

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glow noun

/ɡləʊ/ /ɡloʊ/

The state of a glowing object.

"The campfire's warm glow illuminated the faces of the campers. "

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out noun

/æɔt/ /ʌʊt/ /ɘʉt/ /aʊt/

A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

"They wrote the law to give those organizations an out."