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Meaning of "alightment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALIGHTMENT

əˈlaɪtmənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALIGHTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alightment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALIGHTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of alightment in the English dictionary

The definition of alightment in the dictionary is a descent or dismount, normally from a mode of transport.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALIGHTMENT

abatement · affrightment · benightment · commitment · excitement · fitment · hyperexcitement · incitement · indictment · inditement · instatement · invitement · misstatement · overexcitement · reindictment · reinstatement · requitement · restatement · statement · understatement

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALIGHTMENT

alienist · alienly · alienness · alienor · alif · aliform · Aligarh · aligarta · alight · alighting gear · align · aligner · alignment · alike · alikeness · aliment · alimental · alimentary · alimentary canal · alimentary tract

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALIGHTMENT

adjustment · advertisement · allotment · apartment · appointment · assortment · compartment · cost-of-living adjustment · department · disappointment · enactment · fire department · graphic design department · investment · one-room apartment · police department · recruitment · service department · State Department · the treatment · treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of alightment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alightment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALIGHTMENT

Find out the translation of alightment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of alightment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alightment» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

alightment
1,325 millions of speakers
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alightment
570 millions of speakers
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alightment
510 millions of speakers
hi

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alightment
380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers
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278 millions of speakers
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alightment
270 millions of speakers
bn

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alightment
260 millions of speakers
fr

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alightment
220 millions of speakers
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Penglihatan
190 millions of speakers
de

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alightment
180 millions of speakers
ja

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130 millions of speakers
ko

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alightment
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Alightment
85 millions of speakers
vi

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alightment
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

alightment
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वावटळ
75 millions of speakers
tr

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alightment
70 millions of speakers
it

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alightment
65 millions of speakers
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alightment
50 millions of speakers
uk

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alightment
40 millions of speakers
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30 millions of speakers
el

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alightment
15 millions of speakers
af

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alightment
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

alightment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alightment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alightment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALIGHTMENT»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alightment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALIGHTMENT»

Discover the use of alightment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alightment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Investigation of Space Package Alightment Dynamic Load ...
This report presents the results of a limited parametric study of ten space package alightment systems. A state-of-the-art review in alightment dynamics was conducted prior to beginning the parametric study.
K. C. York, C. R. Ingels, J. G. Maloney, 1966
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Information and Communication Technology for Education (2 ...
18 Destination Taichung train station Onboard stop ID number 2 Alightment stop Gongyi Park Plate number ***-** Onboard stop First Square Ticketing stop ( Alightment) Gongyi Park Ticketing Company TWSC Ticketing stop (Onboard) First ...
Mark Zhou, 2014
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U.S. Government Research Reports
OTS price $11.00 American Machine and Foundry Co., Stamford, Conn. LUNAR ALIGHTMENT SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION. Rept. for Feb 62-May 63, by Andrew B. Burns and James A. June 63, 137p. Contract AF33 657 8197, Proj. 1369, Task  ...
4
Opuscula Entomologica
Note that the numbering of the females is not continuous in part because not all the females observed in the original 2x2 m. plot flew into the inner 1.6 x 1.8 m. plot. alightment frequency and a significantly more turning flight occurred after ...
5
Government Reports Announcements
LUNAR ALIGHTMENT SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION. Rept. for Feb 62-May 63, by Andrew B. Burns and James A. Plascyk. June 63, 137p. Contract AF33 657 8197, Proj . 1369, Task 136903 ASD TDR63 454 Unclassified report Report on ...
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Proceedings
Lunar Module Alightment System* Richard A. Hilderman, William H. Mueller, and Morton Mantus Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation Rethpage, N. Y. The lunar module (LM) landing phase is one of the most critical phases of the entire ...
George G. Herzl, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967
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A Teacher for All Generations: Essays in Honor of James C. ...
... the scroll contained anything about the Tower of Babel; . . .if it did it must have been a brief account.”19 Some summary of the Tower of Babel seems most. 18 Sections of similar length are found in 1QapGen 10:11–17 (the alightment of ...
Eric F. Mason, 2011
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Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects
Very marked differences now occur in behavior between the Australian and British females, especially in the numbers of eggs laid per alightment (Table 7.2, Fig. 7.11). When the two populations were kept together in the laboratory on the ...
Elizabeth A. Bernays, Reginald F. Chapman, 1994
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Tutira: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station
jumble of valley, slope, and summit devoid of any open connection with one another, and covered alike with dense tangled greenery, offered no place of alightment, no city of refuge, no perch for the sole of the foot, no bare ground whatsoever.
H. Guthrie-Smith, 2011
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Trap Responses of Flying Insects: The Influence of Trap ...
Colour vision of the citrus psylla Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio) (Homoptera; Psyllidae) in relation to alightment colour preferences. 95pp. Ph.D. thesis, Rhodes Univ. Grahamstown, South Africa. Vaishampayan, S.N., Krogan, M., Waldbauer, GP.
R. C. Muirhead-Thompson, 1991

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALIGHTMENT»

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Brazil launches massive English language crash course for World Cup
... São Paulo's Sacomã metro station asked passengers waiting on the platform to allow for the “alightment” of those in the train before entering. «Fortune, Jun 14»
2
SERRA'S CRITICAL MASSES
Stand at a distance and their non-alightment becomes obvious and makes a troubling mismatch with the verticals of the surrounding ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jun 07»
REFERENCE
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