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Definition von light 1 im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- If someone in authority gives you a green light, they give you permission to do something. The food industry was given a green light to extend the use of these chemicals
- To shed light on, throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it. A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question. = clarify
- If you light something such as a cigarette or fire, or if it lights, it starts burning. Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette If the charcoal does fail to light, use a special liquid spray and light it with a long taper. a lighted candle
- You can use lights to refer to a set of traffic lights. the heavy city traffic with its endless delays at lights and crossings
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- all sweetness and light: see sweetness
- The form lit is the usual past tense and past participle, but the form lighted is also used. Please look at category
- Light is the brightness that lets you see things. Light comes from sources such as the sun, moon, lamps, and fire. Cracks of light filtered through the shutters It was difficult to see in the dim light. ultraviolet light. darkness
- If someone asks you for a light, they want a match or cigarette lighter so they can start smoking. Have you got a light anybody?
- If something is possible in the light of particular information, it is only possible because you have this information. In the light of this information it is now possible to identify a number of key issues
- If something is presented in a particular light, it is presented so that you think about it in a particular way or so that it appears to be of a particular nature. He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light. see also lighter, lighting, bright lights, night light, pilot light, red light
- If someone sees the light, they finally realize something or chang1 their attitude or way of behaving to a better one. I saw the light and ditched him
- A light is something such as an electric lamp which produces light. The janitor comes round to turn the lights out street lights
- If something comes to light or is brought to light, it becomes obvious or is made known to a lot of people. The truth is unlikely to be brought to light by the promised enquiry
- If it is light, the sun is providing light at the beginning or end of the day. It was still light when we arrived at Lalong Creek light summer evenings. dark
- If you set light to something, you make it start burning. They had poured fuel through the door of the flat and had then set light to it
- When you talk about the light at the end of the tunnel, you are referring to the end of the difficult or unpleasant situation that you are in at the moment. All I can do is tell her to hold on, that there's light at the end of the tunnel
- If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it. At last the light dawned. He was going to marry Phylis!
- If a place or object is lit by something, it has light shining on it. It was dark and a giant moon lit the road so brightly you could see the landscape clearly The room was lit by only the one light The low sun lit the fortress walls with yellow light
- If a room or building is light, it has a lot of natural light in it, for example because it has large windows. It is a light room with tall windows = bright dark + lightness light·ness The dark green spare bedroom is in total contrast to the lightness of the large main bedroom