lit

CEFRB1

/ˈlɪt/

adjective · verb

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Provided with light or made bright.

  2. 02

    verb

    Past tense of light; made something start burning or shining.

Examples

  • He ignored all the ‘No Smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette.

  • Lightning lit up the room every now and then.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. To run or light (alight).

verb

Extra meanings

  1. simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)

  2. simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)

More examples

In context

  • The whole sky lit up and there was an explosion.

  • True to my word last night, I got very lit.

  • He walked down the lit corridor.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”), by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”). This form was proscribed during the 18th and 19th centuries, with lighted being preferred, but is now the most common past form of light.