Download the app
educalingo
Search
In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.
Leslie Banks

Meaning of "lights" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF LIGHTS

lights  [laɪts] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIGHTS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lights 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 LIGHTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Light (disambiguation)

Light is an electromagnetic radiation, part of which stimulates the sense of vision. Light may also refer to...

Definition of lights in the English dictionary

The definition of lights in the dictionary is a person's ideas, knowledge, or understanding.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIGHTS


brights
braɪts
daylights
ˈdeɪˌlaɪts
Dolomites
ˈdɒləˌmaɪts
footlights
ˈfʊtˌlaɪts
heights
ˈhaɪts
highlights
ˈhaɪlaɪts
knights
naɪts
lowlights
ˈləʊlaɪts
nights
naɪts
rights
raɪts
sights
saɪts
tights
taɪts
whites
waɪts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIGHTS

lightness
lightning
lightning arrester
lightning bug
lightning chess
lightning conductor
lightning rod
lightning strike
lightning stroke
lightplane
lightproof
lights out
lights-out
lightship
lightsome
lightsomely
lightsomeness
lighttight
lightweight
lightwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIGHTS

animal rights
Arabian Nights
Bill of Rights
bragging rights
bright lights
by rights
Christmas lights
civil rights
hazard lights
hazard warning lights
human rights
northern lights
polar lights
proprietary rights
the bright lights
thoughts
Thousand and One Nights
to rights
traffic lights
voting rights
Wuthering Heights

Synonyms and antonyms of lights in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIGHTS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lights» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lights

Translation of «lights» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF LIGHTS

Find out the translation of lights to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lights from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lights» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luces
570 millions of speakers

English

lights
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोशनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضواء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фары
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luzes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lumières
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lampu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beleuchtung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ライト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lampu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đèn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளக்குகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ışıklar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

semaforo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

światła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фари
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumini
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φώτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ligte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ljus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lysene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lights

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGHTS»

The term «lights» is very widely used and occupies the 3.124 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
98
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «lights» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of lights
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lights».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGHTS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lights» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lights» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «LIGHTS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lights.
1
Chris Van Allsburg
Brainstorming, for me, takes place in my bed at night between the time I turn out my lights and I finally fall asleep. It is not a very violent storm, but what's happening is I am just thinking about different ideas and maybe things I've seen that day that I think might make a good story.
2
Dan Auerbach
You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life.
3
B.o.B
I love Coldplay. The lights, and the sound quality They really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they'll make a mistake and stop. I think they do it intentionally just to show you they're really playing it live.
4
Leslie Banks
In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.
5
Bob Barker
You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights.
6
Jean-Luc Bilodeau
Fall is my favorite my time of the year. I love it. I'll try and make it back to Vancouver a bunch. I love going back home for that. Everything turns orange. You start to get out of summer, start making your way into the winter, everyone is wearing jackets. Vancouver lights up in the fall, so I definitely go back there for a bit.
7
Omar N. Bradley
Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
8
Jonathan Carroll
The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.
9
Lillian Gordy Carter
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.
10
Kenny Chesney
I'm so hands-on, from the color of my tour bus to what I eat for dinner at 5 or the way the lights are hung.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIGHTS»

Discover the use of lights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Friday Night Lights is one of the best books about sport ever written. It is the story of how dreams and reality collide, at once glorious and immensely sad.
H G Bissinger, 2011
2
Bright Lights, Big City
This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America.
Jay McInerney, 2011
3
1000 Lights: 1878-1959
Designed to be a companion to the classic title 1000 Chairs, this two-volume edition contains an awesome selection of over 1200 lights.
Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell, 2005
4
Red Lights
It is Labor Day weekend.
Georges Simenon, 2006
5
Northern lights: the science, myth, and wonder of aurora ...
As 2002 marks the peak viewing time of the northern lights in an eleven-year cycle, this book brings the elusive magic of the northern lights to stargazers near and far.
Calvin Hall, Daryl Pederson, George Bryson, 2001
6
The Golden Compass
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Philip Pullman, 2006
7
Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival
Lights Out With research gleaned from the National Institutes of Health, T.S. Wiley and Bent Formby deliver staggering findings: Americans really are sick from being tired.
T. S. Wiley, 2002
8
Northern Lights: The Stories of Minnesota's Past
Surveys the history of Minnesota from the Ice Age through the end of the twentieth century, with "Investigations" which encourage the examination of primary source documents and use of proper historical methods.
Dave Kenney, Hillary Wackman, Nancy O'Brien Wagner, 2003
9
Northern Lights
But as he wonders whether this was all a big mistake, an unexpected kiss from feisty bush pilot Meg Galloway under the brilliant Northern Lights of the Alaska sky lifts his spirit - and convinces him to stay just a little longer.
Nora Roberts, 2008
10
The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing
Originally published in 1986 (McGraw-Hill), The Black Lights was the first book that fully explored the sport and business of professional boxing.
Thomas Hauser, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIGHTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lights is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Panamania picks for July 20: ChocQuibTown, Lights, street food …
Timmins-born electro-pop singer-songwriter Lights (aka Valerie Poxleitner) gives us good reason to stay up late on a Monday night, with music ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
New lights shine where you need them - IOL Motoring
And the buzzword is lights, with several makers developing 'smart' headlights that shine where they're needed and not where they will blind ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
3
Joc Pederson blames Taylor Swift for lights going out at Nationals Park
Fifth inning/sixth inning: Lights come back on until end of fifth. Sixth inning: Light bank goes out for final time. Game is eventually suspended. «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
4
“Aurora chaser” snaps 13 northern lights in NI - UTV
While most people travel to Iceland to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon, the cunning photographer was able to capture the northern lights ... «U.TV, Jul 15»
5
Ohio State Football: The 5 Most Important Recruits at Friday Night …
Friday Night Lights is the Ohio State Buckeyes' premier offseason recruiting event, and this year, it will draw some of head coach Urban ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
6
Ryan Adams review: US singer unleashes fairy lights, a fiery spray …
Occasionally he's solo, with only his acoustic guitar and a string of fairy lights around the microphone, as in My Winding Wheel, sometimes he ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
Palm Beach wants decorative lights on new Southern Blvd. span …
The main objective is to match the decorative lights on State Road A1A as closely as possible, said Paul Brazil, public works director. «Palm Beach Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Traffic lights are planned for North St-Tremaine Ave intersection - Stuff
Traffic lights are planned for corner North St and Tremaine Ave to help ease the congestion including the buses coming out of North St at the ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
9
Highlights of Texas Longhorns' Under The Lights camp … - ESPN.com
A look at what we learned from Texas' Under The Lights camp on Saturday night. The Longhorns had more than 100 campers inside Darrell K ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
10
In summer league, some highlights, some low lights - NetsDaily
The Nets summer league experience is over and it was mixed. After an 0-5 start in Orlando, the Nets went 3-3 in Las Vegas losing the last two ... «NetsDaily, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lights [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lights>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z