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aglow

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An adjective meaning glowing with light, heat, color, or emotion; it can describe a face, landscape, or object shining warmly or vividly.

Detailed Definition
Aglow means shining softly or seeming warmly lit. Poets often use it for faces, feelings, or relationships that seem radiant or alive.
Example
Example in poetry:
“So many years later, our love remains aglow” uses aglow for warmly shining; “The windows were aglow at winter dusk” gives a literal light image; “His face aglow with discovery” makes illumination emotional; “Screens aglow in the midnight train” offers a contemporary urban image without losing the lyric effect
Additional Notes
The adjective in "our love remains aglow" is a somewhat literary word that not every reader uses in ordinary speech.; Found in the poem, One Touch From You by Richard
Also Known As
radiant luminous shimmering incandescent
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