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Spell Bee Word: emanate


Basic Details

Word: Emanate

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To come out or spread from a source, used for things such as smells, light, sounds and feelings.

Synonyms: issue, flow, radiate, emerge

How to Spell Emanate

Syllables: em - a - nate

Tricky part: There is one m and one n, and the vowel after each of them is a. Emmanate and eminate are the usual mistakes.

Watch out for: emmanate, eminate, emenate

Memory tip: Find the man inside: e + man + ate. Picture a man who ate garlic; the smell emanates from him.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Waves of heat emanated from the tar road at noon.

Example 2: Soft music seemed to emanate from somewhere behind the curtain.

Example 3: Calmness seems to emanate from our yoga teacher.

Fun Fact

Emanate comes from Latin emanare, to flow out, from e (out) and manare, to flow or trickle.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters:

em_n_te

a) e, a
b) a, a
c) a, i
d) i, a

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b) a, a. Both missing vowels are a: em-a-n-a-te.

Word Connection

Choose the word closest in meaning to emanate as used in the sentence:

A strange green light seemed to emanate from the cave on the hillside.

a) vanish
b) radiate
c) absorb
d) freeze

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b) radiate. Emanate means to spread out from a source, which is what radiate means.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

A sweet smell began to aetmean from the jasmine bushes after the rain.

a) emigrate
b) manatee
c) emulate
d) emanate

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d) emanate. Emanate, to spread out from, fits the smell; manatee uses the same letters but is a sea animal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From a bakery you might notice ____ emanating.

a) a bus full of passengers
b) a river after heavy rain
c) the smell of fresh bread
d) a hill behind the shops

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c) the smell of fresh bread

2. The e- at the start of emanate means ____.

a) out
b) not
c) again
d) before

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a) out

Associated Words

dailycleanlinessrogueeveryfault
conducivefastidioussufficientwhenceinjustice

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