enlightened

[US]/ɪnˈlaɪtɵnd/
[UK]/ɪn'laɪtnd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. wenye ujuzi au ufahamu; kuwa na fikra wazi na kuifahamu vizuri.
Word Forms
Past Tenseenlightened
Past Participleenlightened
Pluralenlighteneds

Phrases & Collocations

intellectually enlightened

kielimu kuamshwa

Example Sentences

the ideology of enlightened despotism.

kiini cha upeo wa ukawa wa kiongozi

He enlightened me on this subject.

Aliniangazia kuhusu mada hii.

Christopher had not enlightened Francis as to their relationship.

Christopher hakumwangazia Francis kuhusu uhusiano wao.

the more enlightened employers offer better terms.

watoa ajira wenye upeo zaidi hutoa masharti bora.

An enlightened government should permit the free expression of political opinion.

Serikali yenye upeo inapaswa kuruhusu uhuru wa kuonesha maoni ya kisiasa.

The child thought the world was flat until I enlightened him!

Mtoto alidhani dunia ilikuwa bapa mpaka nimwangazie!

That's difficult for me to understand, however enlightened I may be with sun, moon, stearine, train oil, and tallow.

Hiyo ni ngumu kwangu kuelewa, hata kama nimepewa elimu na jua, mwezi, stearine, mafuta ya treni, na tallow.

Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened,heed only one side and you will be benighted.

Sikiliza pande zote mbili na utaangazia, sikiliza upande mmoja tu na utaona giza.

Interpreted correctly, these two words form an expression meaning that Moses was enlightened, that "the skin of his face shone" (as with a gloriole), as the KJV has it.

Ikitafsiriwa kwa usahihi, maneno haya mawili huunda kielezi kinachomaanisha kwamba Musa aliongozwa, kwamba “ngozi ya uso wake iliangaza” (kama ilivyokuwa kwenye KJV).

In the present era, new human pedagog Bahaullah enlightened in the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh that the most important quality the present-day human beings needed to have was “unity”.

Katika zama hizi za sasa, elimu mpya ya kibinadamu Bahaullah aliongoza katika Amani ya Baháʼuʼlláh kwamba ubora muhimu zaidi ambao watu wa leo walihitaji kuwa nao ulikuwa “umoja”.

Real-world Examples

It's fascinating. How can someone as enlightened as Sheldon come from someone like you?

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

703. The enlightened man highlighted his mighty insight into the fright.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

Do you think you enlightened the Administrator?

Source: Go blank axis version

" Great is the King, our enlightened lord! "

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

Our sculpture shows him in his enlightened state.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

So how do you become enlightened?

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

The common good comes right out of enlightened thought.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

He look enlightened to you, Sam? - Not particularly.

Source: Go blank axis version

" He was an enlightened being who was cruel, " she recalled.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

After his dream, the Yellow Emperor felt enlightened.

Source: The wisdom of Laozi's life.

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