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- pronunciation:
- laIt
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Light is the form of energy that lets your eyes see things. The sun sends out a great amount of light. If there is no light, you can't see anything!
My mom planted her flowers in the part of the garden that gets the most light.The light from the lamp was not bright enough for me to read my book.
- synonyms:
- daylight, sunlight
- similar words:
- moonlight, shine, sunshine
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| definition 2: |
A light is something that gives off light.
Liz forgot to turn off her light before she went to sleep.Amber likes to have a string of lights on the wall in her bedroom for decoration.
- synonyms:
- beam, candle, flame, flashlight, lamp, lantern, ray, sunbeam, sunlight, torch
- antonyms:
- darkness, shade
- similar words:
- daylight, glow, match
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When we talk about "early light" or "first light," we mean the time when the sun comes up.
Ava woke up at the early light to watch the sunrise.- synonyms:
- dawn, daylight, daytime, sunrise
- antonyms:
- dark, nighttime
- similar words:
- sunlight
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| definition 4: |
When someone brings light to a subject, it means that they reveal something about it or make it more clear.
The witness in the trial brought light to what had happened on the night of the accident.The magazine article cast more light on the subject of air pollution.- similar words:
- understanding
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| definition 5: |
When you see someone in a new light, it means that you see them in a new way.
I wasn't sure if I liked Felicia, but when she was reciting the poem she wrote, I saw her in a new light.- synonyms:
- angle, aspect, point of view
- similar words:
- attitude, consideration, side, viewpoint
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| related words: |
fire, flame, flash |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
lighter, lightest |
| definition 1: |
When a room is light, you can see in it because the sun is shining in or a lamp is on. If the sky is light, you can see outside because the sun is up.
The room was too light to see the movie, so Kelly closed the curtains.In the summer, it's light outside until late in the evening.- antonyms:
- dark
- similar words:
- bright, sunny
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| definition 2: |
When something is light, the color of it is close to white. Light colors are colors like white and yellow. When someone has light hair, their hair is not black or brown.
For their concert, all the children wore light shirts and dark pants.My mom says I had light hair when I was a very little, but my hair is brown now.- synonyms:
- fair, pale, white
- antonyms:
- dark
- similar words:
- faded, neutral, pastel
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| related words: |
pale |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
lights, lighting, lit, lighted |
| definition 1: |
When you light something, you cause it to catch on fire.
When the electricity went off, Jordan's father decided to light a fire in the fireplace.At Sarah's birthday party, her mother lit the candles on her cake, and then Sarah blew them all out.- synonyms:
- burn
- antonyms:
- extinguish
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| definition 2: |
When something lights a room or other space, it makes it brighter and people can see in it. It fills it with light.
The street lamps light the street at night.The restaurant is lit with lanterns and candles.- synonyms:
- illuminate
- antonyms:
- darken
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| definition 3: |
When the wood for a fire lights, it means that the wood catches fire.
These matches would not light because they were too old.- synonyms:
- catch, catch fire, torch
- similar words:
- spark
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| definition 4: |
When something lights up, it begins to send out light. When something lights up, you can see it in the dark.
The street lamps light up around six o'clock.- antonyms:
- darken
- similar words:
- glow
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| related words: |
flame |
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broader categories that include light |
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energy |
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conventionally associated with light |
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dawn, daytime, eclipse, sunglasses, sunrise, sunscreen, twilight, window |
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some actions of light |
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fade, flash, glow, shine |
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some actions of creating light |
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burn, illuminate, light |
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some conditions of being without light |
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darkness, nighttime |
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some descriptions of light |
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bright, dim, shiny, solar, sunny |
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some forms of light |
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beam, daylight, laser, ray, sunshine |
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some negative effects of light |
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sunburn |
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some sources of light |
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bulb, candle, flashlight, headlight, lamp, lantern, light, lighthouse, moon, torch |
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some things that produce light |
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blaze, electricity, fire, firefly, fireworks, flame, lightning, lightning bug, radiation, reflection, spark, star, sun |
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some things that use or involve light |
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camera, color, eye, mirror, photograph, rainbow, shade, shadow, spectrum |
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