Light Definition
- To provide information about or clarify (something).
- In consideration of; in relationship to.
- To urge or move to action.
- The prospect of success, relief, or escape after strenuous effort.
- To use, acquire, or consume in small or moderate amounts:
go light on the garlic.
- To treat leniently.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Light
- cast
- in (the) light of
- light a fire under
- light at the end of the tunnel
- go light on
- according to one's lights
- in (the) light of
- light up
- out like a light
- see the light (of day)
- stand in one's own light
- strike a light
- under the lights
- light in the head
- light into
- light out
- make light of
Origin of Light
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From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lÄ“oht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world"), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtÄ… (“light"), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light"). Cognate with Scots licht (“light"), West Frisian ljocht (“light"), Dutch licht (“light"), Low German licht (“light"), German Licht (“light"). Related also to Swedish ljus (“light"), Icelandic ljós (“light"), Latin lÅ«x (“light"), Russian луч (luč, “beam of light"), Armenian Õ¬Õ¸Ö‚ÕµÕ½ (luys, “light").
From Wiktionary
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From Old English lÄ“oht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengÊ·Ê°- (“light"). Cognate with Dutch licht, German leicht, Swedish lätt, Norwegian lett, Albanian lehtë, Latin levis, Lithuanian lengvas, Sanskrit लघु (laghú).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lÄ“oht (“luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent, renowned, beautiful"), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light"), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light"). Cognate with Dutch licht, German licht.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English lighten, lihten, from Old English lÄ«htan, lȳhtan, lÄ“ohtan (“to lighten, illuminate, give light, shine; grow light, dawn; light, kindle").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English lēoht, līht legwh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English lēoht, līht leuk- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English līhtan
From Wiktionary
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