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adjective | verb alightalight1 /əˈlaɪt/ adjective [not before noun] ETYMOLOGYalight1Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from a- + light ► set alight Houses and cars were set alight. ► alight with excitement/pleasure etc. The girls’ faces were alight with happiness. 1burning: Houses and cars were set alight.2someone whose face or eyes are alight is excited and happy: alight with excitement/pleasure etc. The girls’ faces were alight with happiness.3bright with light or color adjective | verb alightalight2 verb (past tense and past participle alit /əˈlɪt/ or alighted) [intransitive] formal ETYMOLOGYalight2Origin: Old English alihtan, from lihtan to alight VERB TABLEalight |
| Present | I, you, we, they | alight | | he, she, it | alights | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | alighted, alit | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have alighted, alit | | he, she, it | has alighted, alit | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had alighted, alit | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will alight | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have alighted, alit |
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| Present | I | am alighting | | he, she, it | is alighting | | you, we, they | are alighting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was alighting | | you, we, they | were alighting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been alighting | | he, she, it | has been alighting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been alighting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be alighting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been alighting |
► alight on/upon A large butterfly alighted on my arm. 1if a bird or insect alights on something, it stops flying to stand on a surface: alight on/upon A large butterfly alighted on my arm.2alight from something to step out of a vehicle at the end of a trip |