light
/laɪt/ nounTranslation
BRIGHTNESS [U] › the brightness that shines from the sun, from fire, or from electrical equipment, allowing you to see things
ışık
bright/dim light fluorescent/ultraviolet light a beam ray of light Light was streaming in through the open door.14951350DEVICE [C] › a device which produces light
lamba, ışık
car lights to switch/turn the light on They must be in bed - I can't see any lights on anywhere.14952397 a light › a flame from a match, etc used to make a cigarette start burning
ateş
Have you got a light, please?41613021284 set light to sth UK › to make something start burning
yakmak, tutuşturmak
1286 in the light of sth ( also US in light of sth) › If something is done or happens in the light of facts, it is done or happens because of those facts.
ışığında; ...a/e göre/nazaran
The drug has been withdrawn in the light of new research.1865bring sth to light › If information about something bad is brought to light, it is discovered.
gün ışığına çıkarmak, açığa çıkarmak
The trial brought to light numerous contradictions in his story.1151cast/shed light on sth › to help people understand a situation
aydınlatmak, ışık tutmak
We were hoping you might be able to shed some light on the matter.1156come to light › If information about something bad comes to light, it is discovered.
ortaya çıkmak, gün ışığına çıkmak, ortaya çıkmak
1151light at the end of the tunnel › something which makes you believe that an unpleasant situation will soon end
→ See also green light → See also street light → See also tail light → See also traffic lightstünelin sonundaki ışık; sıkıntıların sona ereceğini belirten işaret
982(Definition of light noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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