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The consciousness of lucid dreaming is a cultural evolution. It's something that we are talking about and learning about, not biological evolution.
Stephen LaBerge

Meaning of "lucid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUCID

From Latin lūcidus full of light, from lūx light.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUCID

lucid  [ˈluːsɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUCID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lucid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LUCID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lucid

Lucid may refer to: ▪ Lucid, a dataflow programming language ▪ Lucid Lynx, a version of Ubuntu Linux released in April 2010 ▪ Lucid Inc., a software development company founded by Richard P. Gabriel in 1984 ▪ USS Lucid, a US Navy minesweeper that patrolled the Pacific Ocean ▪ Lucid Records, an independent record label in Deerfield, Illinois, United States ▪ Shannon Lucid, an American astronaut ▪ LUCID, a commercial cosmic ray detector ▪ Lucid, a 2005 Canadian film ▪ Lucid Absinthe, a distilled beverage made from grande wormwood...

Definition of lucid in the English dictionary

The first definition of lucid in the dictionary is readily understood; clear. Other definition of lucid is shining or glowing. Lucid is also of or relating to a period of normality between periods of insane or irresponsible behaviour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUCID


accursed
əˈkɜːsɪd
cercopithecid
ˌsɜːkəʊpɪˈθiːsɪd
cursed
ˈkɜːsɪd
deuced
ˈdjuːsɪd
mucid
ˈmjuːsɪd
pellucid
pɛˈluːsɪd
raucid
ˈrɔːsɪd
scolecid
skəʊˈliːsɪd
Seleucid
sɪˈluːsɪd
semipellucid
ˌsɛmɪpɛˈluːsɪd
translucid
trænzˈluːsɪd
ursid
ˈɜːsɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUCID

lucent
lucently
lucerne
lucha libre
luchot
Lucian
lucid dream
lucid dreamer
lucidity
lucidly
lucidness
lucifer
luciferase
luciferin
luciferous
lucifugous
lucigen
Lucilius
Lucina
lucite

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUCID

acetic acid
adipic acid
amino acid
ascorbic acid
carboxylic acid
citric acid
fatty acid
folic acid
gamma-aminobutyric acid
hyaluronic acid
hydrochloric acid
hydroxy acid
lactic acid
lysergic acid
nonessential amino acid
nucleic acid
omega-3 fatty acid
placid
rancid
sulfuric acid

Synonyms and antonyms of lucid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LUCID»

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

Translation of «lucid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUCID

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

Translator English - Chinese

清晰简明的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lúcido
570 millions of speakers

English

lucid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चमकदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ясный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lúcido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বচ্ছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lucide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jelas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

klar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

明快な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명쾌한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bener
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

minh mân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

berrak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lucido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lucid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ясний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lucid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαυγής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hardy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lucid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lucid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUCID»

The term «lucid» is very widely used and occupies the 22.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUCID» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «LUCID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lucid.
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Jacques Delors
I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.
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Marilyn French
Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.
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Anna Freud
Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets to know during his analytic hours.
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Jonathan Glazer
When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established.
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Cee Lo Green
My style is ambiguous and lucid.
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Stephen LaBerge
Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too?
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Stephen LaBerge
Lucid dreaming lets you make use of the dream state that comes to you every night to have a stimulating reality.
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Stephen LaBerge
Lucid dreaming has considerable potential for promoting personal growth and self-development, enhancing self-confidence, improving mental and physical health, facilitating creative problem solving and helping you to progress on the path to self-mastery.
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Stephen LaBerge
The consciousness of lucid dreaming is a cultural evolution. It's something that we are talking about and learning about, not biological evolution.
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Stephen LaBerge
Your experience is a dream; so is my experience. This stuff about how the frontal cortex is repressed during dreaming, lucid dreaming presents an obvious contradiction to it. The only difference is sensory input.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUCID»

Discover the use of lucid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lucid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lucid
They realize that eventually they will have to choose one life to wake up to, or risk spiraling into insanity. But that means giving up one world, one love, and one self, forever. This is a dazzling debut that will steal readers' hearts.
Adrienne Stoltz, Ron Bass, 2012
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Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams ...
Distilled from his more than 20 years of pioneering research at Stanford University and the Lucidity Institute, this volume is an effective and easy-to-learn tool available for people to begin their own fascinating nightly exploration into ...
Stephen Laberge, 2009
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Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness During Sleep
Since Celia Green wrote her original study of lucid dreaming in 1968, interest in the field has spread and new research findings have been generated.
Celia Elizabeth Green, Charles McCreery, 1994
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Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self
Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion.
Robert Waggoner, 2008
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Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
From the Paperback edition. From the Paperback edition.
Stephen LaBerge, Howard Rheingold, 1997
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Lucid Dreaming for Beginners: Simple Techniques for Creating ...
This book also explores lucid dreaming as a gateway to personal insights, astral realms, past lives, personal goals, and more.
Mark McElroy, 2007
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Lucid Waking: Mindfulness and the Spiritual Potential of ...
Here is a delightful read and an engaging tour through topics ranging from lucid dreaming to the nature of the soul, all of which shed light on the subject of lucid waking.
Georg Feuerstein, 1997
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Between the Gates: Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection, and ...
Between the Gates is a manual of self-initiation and liberation that takes the student through the basic methods of experiencing dream states and conscious astral projection, to the ultimate culmination of consciousness--creation of the ...
Mark Stavish, 2008
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The Lucid View: Investigations In Occultism, Ufology and ...
At this point, it therefore becomes the right and responsibility of every thinking member of society to cancel his membership, and to option a new, higher or broader concept of "reality." This is The Lucid View.
Aeolus Kephas, 2011
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Animal magnetism and magnetic lucid somnambulism
Instances of the so-called transposition of the senses have been frequently observed, even before attention was particularly directed to the phenomena of lucid somnambulism. Among subjects whose cases were made public in modern times, ...
Edwin Lee, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUCID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lucid is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's Next for Bill Cosby After Release of Deposition Detailing …
... and asked if he thought another woman mentioned in the testimony had been lucid enough to consent to sex after taking a quaalude during ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
2
Spectacularly WTF Restaurant Stories, Part 2 - kitchenette - Jezebel
He had a gray mustache and goatee, jeans that looked older than me, and his eyes were surprisingly lucid considering he just urinated in ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
3
The Better Angels of Our Writing - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Between You & Me offers lucid, cogent, and often funny descriptions of common problems in language, including the one from which she takes ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»
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Family, neighbors recount Pasco accident that severed toddler's foot …
The toddler was lucid and crying the entire time. "He just wanted his stuffed bunny," she said. Zayden was recovering from surgery Monday at ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
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Real Madrid: It's cool down under - MARCA.com (English version)
Miguel explained that the mind is more lucid in the cold and it is easier to rest: "We rest and sleep more during the winter. The body relaxes ... «MARCA.com, Jul 15»
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Golf Notices - Independent.ie
BALLYBUNION - P Byrne (13) 65, M Casey (13) 68, K Moore (18) 68, P Lucid (20) 68, E O'Connor (11) 69, J Sexton (17) 69. Gross: G Scanlon ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Sleep Well: Sexsomnia could explain lover's blank stare
What your husband is describing is called lucid dreaming. It is not common, but some of us can do this. During dream sleep, the person is ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
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Book Review: Taking on 'The Vital Question' About Life - The New …
He writes in lucid, accessible prose, and while the science may get dense, the reader will be rewarded with a strikingly unconventional view of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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LUCID HD7 Red Dot Review
We found this to be the case with LUCID Optics and the Battle Rifle Paratrooper Model we recently tested. LUCID is an importer and ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
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Lucid Adds its BuildingOS to 2500 Office Buildings for Select NRG …
Lucid logo NRG Renew and Lucid created a channel partnership to accelerate the adoption of Lucid's BuildingOS platform among NRG ... «Energy Manager Today, Jul 15»

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