Meaning

26 senses
  1. Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.

    The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.

    erleuchtet, hell

    све́тлыйsvétlyj, я́ркийjárkij

    сві́тлийsvítlyj

  2. Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.

    She had light skin.

    hell

    бле́дныйblédnyj, све́тлыйsvétlyj

    сві́тлийsvítlyj

  3. Served with extra milk or cream.

    Do you want your coffee light or black? -I like mine light.

  4. Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.

    a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons

    having little importance

  5. Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.

    feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water

    of comparatively little physical weight or density

  6. Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.

    to issue light coin

    less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

  7. Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

    Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.

  8. Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.

    a light aircraft ; a light tank

  9. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.

    light infantry; a troop of light horse

    characterized by or emitting light

  10. Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.

    if a ship is light or partially loaded ; the light draft of a vessel, or its light displacement

  11. Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.

    the light locomotives ; a locomotive may be moved light

  12. With low viscosity.

Examples

4565 sentences
  1. Will you give me a light?

    У вас є запальничка?

    ruУ тебя есть зажигалка?

    deHast du Feuer?

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  2. Do you have any light beer?

    У Вас є світле пиво?

    ruУ Вас есть светлое пиво?

    deHaben Sie helles Bier?

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  3. Turn left at the first light.

    Поверни наліво на першому світлофорі.

    ruПоверни налево на первом светофоре.

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  4. I didn't turn off the light.

    Я не вимкнув світло.

    ruЯ не погасил свет.

    deIch habe das Licht nicht ausgeschaltet.

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  5. All plants need water and light.

    Всім рослинам потрібна вода і світло.

    ruВсем растениям нужны вода и свет.

    deAlle Pflanzen brauchen Wasser und Licht.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of low weight:
having light:
Русский
By meaning 3
of low weight:
having light:
pale in colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of low weight:
having light:

Origin

From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“luminous, bright, light,

From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent, renowned, beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljoacht (“light”), Dutch licht, German licht.

From Middle English liȝt, lyghte, from Old English lēht, lēoht, līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz or *līhtaz (“light (in weight)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”).

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Forms

lighter, lightest
Comparativelighter Lesson
Superlativelightest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

45 synonyms
having light:brightA1lightful
pale in colour:paleB1
coffee: served with extra milk or cream:whiteA1
having little force or momentum:softA2gentleA2delicateB1
having little value or significance:trivialB2unimportantA2inconsequential
that moves fast:rapidB1nimble
of little weight:unheavy
lightly-built:lightweight
low in fat, calories, etc:litelo-callow-alcohol
Close in meaning

Antonyms

17 antonyms
low in fat, calories, etc:calorificC2fattystrongA1
having little force or momentum:forceful
having little value or significance:crucialB2importantA1

Word family

90 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • off the lights
  • turn the lights
  • on the light
  • the lights on
  • the lights off
  • lit the candle
  • the light switch
  • red light
  • light switch
  • the light is
  • light was on
  • traffic light

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
light — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto