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What is "alight" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does alight mean in English? Meaning of alight definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "alight" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "alight": to come to rest, settle

Verb

  • Meaning: to come to rest, settle
  • Example: Misfortune lighted upon him
  • Synonyms: alight light perch
  • Hypernyms: land set down

    • Meaning of "alight": lighted up by or as by fire or flame

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lighted up by or as by fire or flame
  • Example: forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning even the car's tires were aflame a night aflare with fireworks candles alight on the tables houses on fire
  • Synonyms: ablaze afire aflame aflare alight on fire
  • Similar: lighted lit

    • Meaning of "alight": come down

    Verb

  • Meaning: come down
  • Example: the birds alighted
  • Synonyms: alight climb down
  • Hypernyms: come down descend fall go down
  • Adjective: (transitive) To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.

    • Synonyms:

    disembark, get off, descend, perch, light, settle, dismount, debark, come down, touch down,

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