Alight - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈlaɪt|  American pronunciation of the word alight
Brit.  |əˈlaɪt|  British pronunciation of the word alight

verb

- to come to rest, settle (syn: light, perch)
- come down (syn: climb down)
the birds alighted

adjective

- lighted up by or as by fire or flame (syn: ablaze, afire, aflame)
candles alight on the tables

Extra examples

A group of tourists alighted from the boat.

...a flock of eight swans circled above, then alighted on the pond...

The sky was alight with stars.

Enemy soldiers set the building alight.

We alighted, and walked a little way.

Birds alight on a tree.

His eye immediately alighted on a Degas.

Soon the ship was alight from stem to stern.

It took me a long time to get the fire alight.

A candle was alight on the chest of drawers.

Cupping his hands against the wind, he set the cigarette alight.

Her car caught alight after a collision with a truck.

Every window in the building was alight.

Her hazel eyes were alight with mischief.

Her face was alight with maternal pride.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: alight
he/she/it: alights
present participle: alighting
past tense: alighted
past participle: alighted
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