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How to pronounce “lighten”
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Pronunciation guide for lighten
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of lighten with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Empowering Urban Communities Through Design
We're just gonna lighten it up for a minute.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce lighten
Empowering Urban Communities Through Design
We're just gonna lighten it up for a minute.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “lighten”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
- (intransitive) To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
- (intransitive, now rare) To flash lightning, to give off lightning.
- (transitive) To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
- (archaic) To illuminate with knowledge.
Practice Nearby Words
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