light

CEFRA1

/laɪt/

noun · adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Brightness that allows you to see things.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Not heavy; easy to lift or carry.

Examples

  • A child is not a vessel for filling, but a fire to light.

  • It's just five in the morning, but nevertheless it is light out.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [lɑɪt]
  • [lɑjt]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.

  2. Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To start a fire or make something begin burning.

More examples

In context

  • The photochemical reactions transform the light into electrical impulses.

  • As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.

  • When the studio light is on, I am recording my evening show.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“to shine”). Cognates * Scots licht (“light”) * Saterland Frisian Ljoacht, Lucht (“light”) * West Frisian ljocht (“light”) * Dutch licht (“light”) * German Licht (“light”) * German Low German Licht (“light”) * Limburgish Leech, Leet, Léït (“light”) * Luxembourgish Liicht (“light”) * Vilamovian łicht (“light”) * Yiddish ליכט (likht, “light”) * Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lys (“light”) * Elfdalian liuos (“light”) * Faroese and Icelandic ljós (“light”) * Norwegian Nynorsk ljos, ljus, lys (“light”) * Swedish ljus (...