- 1(literary) [intransitive] alight (in/on/upon something) (of a bird or an insect) to land in or on something after flying to it synonym land
- 2[intransitive] alight (from something) to get out of a bus, a train, or other vehicle Do not alight from a moving bus. Phrasal Verbsalight on
alight
verbNAmE//əˈlaɪt//
(formal or )Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they alight he / she / it alights
past simple alighted
-ing form alighting
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