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  • 21light — I n 1. illumination, luminescence, luminosity, radiation, shining, beaming, gleaming; luminousness, brilliance, radiance, lambency, luster, shine, effulgence; irradiation, glow, glowing, fluorescence, in candescence, phosphorescence; brightness,… …

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  • 22light — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, Anschauung, British candle, Hefner candle, Mickey Mouse, Paphian, Scheiner scale, Very flare, abuse, accented, account, acquaintance, active, aerial, aeriform, aery, agile, airish, airlike, airy, alabaster,… …

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  • 23light — light1 [ laıt ] noun *** 1. ) uncount brightness from the sun or from a light, which allows you to see things: The room gets a lot of light in the afternoons. light shines: Light from the street lamps was shining through a gap in the curtains. a… …

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  • 24light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …

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  • 25light — I [[t]la͟ɪt[/t]] BRIGHTNESS OR ILLUMINATION ♦♦ lights, lighting, lit, lighted, lighter, lightest (The form lit is the usual past tense and past participle, but the form lighted is also used.) 1) N UNCOUNT: also the N Light is the brightness that… …

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  • 26light up — Synonyms and related words: annoy, arouse, awake, awaken, bank, beacon, blow the coals, blow up, brace up, brighten, brighten up, buck up, burn, call forth, call up, cheer up, chirk up, conflagrate, enkindle, enlighten, enrage, excite, fan, fan… …

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  • 27light on — phrasal verb light on or light upon [transitive] Word forms light on : present tense I/you/we/they light on he/she/it lights on present participle lighting on past tense lit on past participle lit on formal light on/upon something to suddenly… …

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  • 28light — I 1. noun 1) the light of candles Syn: illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, luster, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle; sunlight, moonlig …

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  • 29light on — or light upon PHRASAL VERB If you light on something or light upon it, you suddenly notice it or find it. [LITERARY] [V P n] Her eyes lit on the brandy bottle that Atanas had dropped on the floor …

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  • 30light on — 1. Happen upon, fall upon by chance, happen to find, light upon, strike upon. 2. Alight on …

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