alight
verb/əˈlaɪt/
/əˈlaɪt/
(formal or literary)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they alight | /əˈlaɪt/ /əˈlaɪt/ |
| he / she / it alights | /əˈlaɪts/ /əˈlaɪts/ |
| past simple alighted | /əˈlaɪtɪd/ /əˈlaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle alighted | /əˈlaɪtɪd/ /əˈlaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form alighting | /əˈlaɪtɪŋ/ /əˈlaɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] alight (in/on/upon something) (of a bird or an insect) to land in or on something after flying to it
- A butterfly fluttered by and alighted on a rose.
- Several birds alighted on the branches of the tree.
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- [intransitive] alight (from something) to get out of a bus, a train or other vehicle synonym get off
- Do not alight from a moving bus.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainc2- Alight here for the National Conference Centre.
- She alighted at a little station at the foot of the hill.
Word Originverb Old English ālīhtan, from ā- (as an intensifier) + līhtan ‘descend’.
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