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How to pronounce “alight”
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Pronunciation guide for alight
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of alight with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies
It's alight with synchrotron radiation,
- Definition summary
- (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce alight
How radio telescopes show us unseen galaxies
It's alight with synchrotron radiation,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “alight”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
- (intransitive)
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