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alight
1[ uh-lahyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
- to settle or stay after descending:
The bird alighted on the tree.
- to encounter or notice something accidentally.
alight
2[ uh-lahyt ]
adverb
- provided with light; lighted up.
- on fire; burning.
alight
1/ əˈɪ /
verb
- usually foll by from to step out (of) or get down (from)
to alight from a taxi
- to come to rest; settle; land
a thrush alighted on the wall
alight
2/ əˈɪ /
adjective
- burning; on fire
- illuminated; lit up
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of alight1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of alight1
Origin of alight2
Example Sentences
About 80 residents have been led to safety after the roof of the building on Aberdeen Place, Maida Vale caught alight from the blaze which broke out at about 05:30 BST.
The most serious incidents took place over the course of five nights earlier this month, with vehicles being set alight and two prisons being targeted by gunfire in what Darmanin described as "terrorist attacks".
Doors were kicked in, part of the complex was set alight and the last of the MPs fled the building.
British Steel's blast furnaces are set to continue running with a delivery of enough raw materials to keep them alight for the "coming weeks" due on Tuesday, the government has said.
A number of houses and other properties have been set alight in recent weeks, with police confirming incidents in the east and west of Scotland were being treated as "potentially linked".
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