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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORUSCATE

From Latin coruscāre to flash, vibrate.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORUSCATE

coruscate  [ˈkɒrəˌskeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORUSCATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coruscate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb coruscate in English.

WHAT DOES CORUSCATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coruscate in the English dictionary

The definition of coruscate in the dictionary is to emit flashes of light; sparkle.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CORUSCATE

PRESENT

Present
I coruscate
you coruscate
he/she/it coruscates
we coruscate
you coruscate
they coruscate
Present continuous
I am coruscating
you are coruscating
he/she/it is coruscating
we are coruscating
you are coruscating
they are coruscating
Present perfect
I have coruscated
you have coruscated
he/she/it has coruscated
we have coruscated
you have coruscated
they have coruscated
Present perfect continuous
I have been coruscating
you have been coruscating
he/she/it has been coruscating
we have been coruscating
you have been coruscating
they have been coruscating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I coruscated
you coruscated
he/she/it coruscated
we coruscated
you coruscated
they coruscated
Past continuous
I was coruscating
you were coruscating
he/she/it was coruscating
we were coruscating
you were coruscating
they were coruscating
Past perfect
I had coruscated
you had coruscated
he/she/it had coruscated
we had coruscated
you had coruscated
they had coruscated
Past perfect continuous
I had been coruscating
you had been coruscating
he/she/it had been coruscating
we had been coruscating
you had been coruscating
they had been coruscating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will coruscate
you will coruscate
he/she/it will coruscate
we will coruscate
you will coruscate
they will coruscate
Future continuous
I will be coruscating
you will be coruscating
he/she/it will be coruscating
we will be coruscating
you will be coruscating
they will be coruscating
Future perfect
I will have coruscated
you will have coruscated
he/she/it will have coruscated
we will have coruscated
you will have coruscated
they will have coruscated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been coruscating
you will have been coruscating
he/she/it will have been coruscating
we will have been coruscating
you will have been coruscating
they will have been coruscating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would coruscate
you would coruscate
he/she/it would coruscate
we would coruscate
you would coruscate
they would coruscate
Conditional continuous
I would be coruscating
you would be coruscating
he/she/it would be coruscating
we would be coruscating
you would be coruscating
they would be coruscating
Conditional perfect
I would have coruscate
you would have coruscate
he/she/it would have coruscate
we would have coruscate
you would have coruscate
they would have coruscate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been coruscating
you would have been coruscating
he/she/it would have been coruscating
we would have been coruscating
you would have been coruscating
they would have been coruscating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you coruscate
we let´s coruscate
you coruscate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to coruscate
Past participle
coruscated
Present Participle
coruscating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORUSCATE


advocate
ˈædvəˌkeɪt
bletheranskate
ˈblɛðərənˌskeɪt
bletherskate
ˈbleðəˌskeɪt
cate
keɪt
cheapskate
ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt
communicate
kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
confiscate
ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt
educate
ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪt
expiscate
ˈɛkspɪˌskeɪt
figure-skate
ˈfɪɡəˌskeɪt
ice-skate
ˈaɪsskeɪt
indicate
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt
infuscate
ɪnˈfʌskeɪt
Kate
keɪt
locate
ləʊˈkeɪt
meniscate
mɪˈnɪskeɪt
moschate
ˈmɒskeɪt
outskate
ˌaʊtˈskeɪt
roller-skate
ˈrəʊləˌskeɪt
skate
skeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORUSCATE

cortile
cortin
cortina
cortisol
cortisone
Cortona
Cortot
coruler
corundum
Corunna
coruscant
coruscating
coruscation
corves
corvette
Corvi
corvid
corvina
corvine

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORUSCATE

abdicate
aguacate
allocate
authenticate
birth certificate
certificate
complicate
delicate
duplicate
eradicate
fabricate
intricate
lemniscate
obfuscate
relocate
replicate
silicate
syndicate
triplicate
truncate

Synonyms and antonyms of coruscate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coruscate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORUSCATE

Find out the translation of coruscate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coruscate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coruscate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

焕发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coruscate
570 millions of speakers

English

coruscate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

coruscate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لمع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сверкать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coruscate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝলমল করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coruscate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coruscate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

coruscate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

coruscate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

coruscate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coruscate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiếu sáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Coruscate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूषित होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coruscate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coruscate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виблискувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coruscate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λάμπω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schitteren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coruscate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

coruscate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coruscate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORUSCATE»

The term «coruscate» is normally little used and occupies the 125.677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORUSCATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «coruscate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «coruscate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coruscate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORUSCATE»

Discover the use of coruscate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coruscate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... scrape 7 burnish, contact, furbish, glimmer, glimpse, glisten, glitter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle 8 ricochet 9 coruscate sinister. 4 leer gland 5 gonad, liver, organ 6 thymus 7adrenal, mammary, thyroid 8 exocrine, pancreas, prostate 9 endocrine , ...
‎1995
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Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words to Make You Sound Intelligent
30 coruscate /(kôr'ə-skāt' or kor'-ə-skāt')/ verb 1 To emit vivid flashes of light; flash; lighten; gleam. 2 To be showy in manner or technique. Examples: “Now we're getting all the calls,” Tracey laughs, waving her hands and making her huge ...
Wordnik, 2011
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
Coruscate. (1) brilliant in style; flashy; showy; sparkle Word Used in Sentence(s) ( 1) “A welling, rising, towering rage roared straight up out ofthe core of Cynthia Maidstone, filling her with a cold, crackling energy so intense she felt that she ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary
Coruscate. Council. Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind;. Coruscate,(4R-< X. >'-[L. «»•«*«>,. 1. flash.] To throw off vivid Hashes of liglitjrfC-lij'; =H- <H4<|'; 3i4rt4 «t=f: aJJWil^'. Cosey-zy.( HQ)a. Snug: comfortable; easy: ' Chatty,- talkative ; ...
N. R. Ranina, 2003
5
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... pussyfoot, skulk, slide, slink, slip, ||snake, steal glimmer v/> syn FLASH 1, coruscate, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle glimmer n syn FLASH 1, coruscation, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... glisten, scintillate, coruscate, twinkle glance n glimpse, peep, peek, »look, sight , view Con scrutiny, examination, inspection (see under SCRUTINIZE): contemplation, studying or study, consideration (see corresponding verbs at CONSIDER) ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
... squint, view. glance2 v. bounce, brush, cannon, carom, coruscate, flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, graze, rebound, reflect, ricochet, shimmer, shine, skim, twinkle. glare v. blaze, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, frown, glower,  ...
Wordsworth, William, 1993
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Power Verbs: The Complete Collection
Collocates to: activates, agencies, aid, efforts, federal,help, international, response Coruscate (1)brilliantin style; flashy;showy; sparkle Word UsedinSentence(s) (1) “A welling, rising, towering rage roared straight up out ofthecore of Cynthia ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
9
Oxford Thesaurus of English
... the moonlight: shine, glimmer, glint, catch the light, glitter, shimmer, glow, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, blink, wink, glisten, flash, flare, beam, fluoresce; reflect light; literary glister; rare coruscate, scintillate, fulgurate, effulge, luminesce, incandesce, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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The Weighty Word Book
So, whenever someone (or something) glitters and gleams, sparkles and flashes, think of Mr. Sawdust saying, “Boy, can that Cora skate,” and you will remember the word. CORUSCATE. “Maybe you'd be willing to try another dog?” said her. 13 .
Paul M. Levitt, Douglas A. Burger, Elissa S. Guralnick, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORUSCATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coruscate is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Party for the Parks
Sun rays coruscate off bronze skin onto full-figured foliage and century-old statues — to spend summer anywhere other than Boston is a questionable decision. «Boston.com, Jun 15»
2
Helen Mirren Is 5'4″ and 69 Years Old, And
Maybe it's the crown -- Mirren embodies Queen Elizabeth II on Broadway -- but it's not just borrowed lineage that makes Mirren coruscate and ... «2paragraphs.com, Jun 15»
3
Will's word of the week: scintillating
... scintillate — to coruscate — to meteorize.” And a century later, in one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's (1859-1930) stories from the “Case-Book of ... «Dailyuw, Apr 15»
4
Bates PTO moms win Wellesley Education Foundation Spelling Bee
Anyone can spell words like coruscate, pharisaical, and suffrutescent (my spell check totally flagged that one. Not winning any spelling bees ... «The Swellesley Report, Nov 14»
5
Howard Jacobson adds spark to the tale of Australia's radiant Gang …
The 1970s saw them “coruscate on the page”, as Jacobson remarks; in the 80s their medium was TV; they were seemingly everywhere. «The Australian, Sep 14»
6
Check out some of these newer romance releases
Khamsin Coruscate, Princess of Summerlea and summoner of Storms, has spent her life exiled to the shadows of her father's palace. Reviled ... «USA TODAY, Aug 14»
7
SDCC EXCLUSIVE: Busiek and Dewey Attack With "Tooth and Claw …
... about slavery, about pack-roaches, crystal badlands that coruscate with power, undersea nomads eternally marching across the ocean floor, ... «Comic Book Resources, Jul 14»
8
New Phoenix Suns PG Isaiah Thomas provides bang for the buck
In terms of performance, fit and value Thomas promises to coruscate for the Phoenix Suns. Tweet Share on Twitter Share Share on ... «Bright Side of the Sun, Jul 14»
9
These Microbes Drive The Planet's Breath And Ocean's Pulse
Waves of choreographed activity coruscate through the city; so it is in the oceans. Scientists have seen hints of these cycles in the lab, but ... «National Geographic, Jul 14»
10
World Cup diary: Salvador
BRAZILIAN flags flutter on passing cars. Favelas (shantytowns) coruscate with the national colours of green and yellow. Fancy condos are ... «The Economist, Jun 14»

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