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I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight.
Karl Philipp Moritz

Meaning of "moonlight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOONLIGHT

moonlight  [ˈmuːnˌlaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOONLIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moonlight is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb moonlight in English.

WHAT DOES MOONLIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

moonlight

Moonlight

Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon, consisting mostly of sunlight, with some starlight and earthlight reflected from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes.

Definition of moonlight in the English dictionary

The first definition of moonlight in the dictionary is Also called: moonshine. light from the sun received on earth after reflection by the moon. Other definition of moonlight is illuminated by the moon. Moonlight is also to work at a secondary job, esp at night, and often illegitimately.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MOONLIGHT

PRESENT

Present
I moonlight
you moonlight
he/she/it moonlights
we moonlight
you moonlight
they moonlight
Present continuous
I am moonlighting
you are moonlighting
he/she/it is moonlighting
we are moonlighting
you are moonlighting
they are moonlighting
Present perfect
I have moonlighted
you have moonlighted
he/she/it has moonlighted
we have moonlighted
you have moonlighted
they have moonlighted
Present perfect continuous
I have been moonlighting
you have been moonlighting
he/she/it has been moonlighting
we have been moonlighting
you have been moonlighting
they have been moonlighting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I moonlighted
you moonlighted
he/she/it moonlighted
we moonlighted
you moonlighted
they moonlighted
Past continuous
I was moonlighting
you were moonlighting
he/she/it was moonlighting
we were moonlighting
you were moonlighting
they were moonlighting
Past perfect
I had moonlighted
you had moonlighted
he/she/it had moonlighted
we had moonlighted
you had moonlighted
they had moonlighted
Past perfect continuous
I had been moonlighting
you had been moonlighting
he/she/it had been moonlighting
we had been moonlighting
you had been moonlighting
they had been moonlighting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will moonlight
you will moonlight
he/she/it will moonlight
we will moonlight
you will moonlight
they will moonlight
Future continuous
I will be moonlighting
you will be moonlighting
he/she/it will be moonlighting
we will be moonlighting
you will be moonlighting
they will be moonlighting
Future perfect
I will have moonlighted
you will have moonlighted
he/she/it will have moonlighted
we will have moonlighted
you will have moonlighted
they will have moonlighted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been moonlighting
you will have been moonlighting
he/she/it will have been moonlighting
we will have been moonlighting
you will have been moonlighting
they will have been moonlighting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would moonlight
you would moonlight
he/she/it would moonlight
we would moonlight
you would moonlight
they would moonlight
Conditional continuous
I would be moonlighting
you would be moonlighting
he/she/it would be moonlighting
we would be moonlighting
you would be moonlighting
they would be moonlighting
Conditional perfect
I would have moonlight
you would have moonlight
he/she/it would have moonlight
we would have moonlight
you would have moonlight
they would have moonlight
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been moonlighting
you would have been moonlighting
he/she/it would have been moonlighting
we would have been moonlighting
you would have been moonlighting
they would have been moonlighting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you moonlight
we let´s moonlight
you moonlight
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to moonlight
Past participle
moonlighted
Present Participle
moonlighting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOONLIGHT


candlelight
ˈkændəlˌlaɪt
cellulite
ˈsɛljʊˌlaɪt
daylight
ˈdeɪˌlaɪt
downlight
ˈdaʊnˌlaɪt
electrolyte
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌlaɪt
fanlight
ˈfænˌlaɪt
flashlight
ˈflæʃˌlaɪt
greenlight
ˈɡriːnˌlaɪt
headlight
ˈhɛdˌlaɪt
highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪt
limelight
ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt
metabolite
mɪˈtæbəˌlaɪt
penlight
ˈpɛnˌlaɪt
satellite
ˈsætəˌlaɪt
searchlight
ˈsɜːtʃˌlaɪt
skylight
ˈskaɪˌlaɪt
socialite
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪt
spotlight
ˈspɒtˌlaɪt
starlight
ˈstɑːˌlaɪt
twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOONLIGHT

moonflower
Moonie
moonier
mooniest
moonily
mooniness
moonish
moonishly
moonless
moonlet
moonlight flit
moonlight night
moonlighter
moonlighting
moonlike
moonlit
moonphase
moonport
moonquake
moonraker

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOONLIGHT

back-up light
backlight
bright
come to light
delight
flight
green light
in-flight
in mid-flight
light
plight
put to flight
red light
slight
sunlight
tail-light
the spotlight
torchlight
ultralight
Very light
white light

Synonyms and antonyms of moonlight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moonlight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOONLIGHT

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

Translator English - Chinese

月光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luz de la luna
570 millions of speakers

English

moonlight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चांदनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضوء القمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лунный свет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চন্দ্রপ্রভা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clair de lune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cahaya bulan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mondschein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

月光
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

달빛
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Moonlight
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ánh trăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலவொளியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चांदणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ay ışığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiaro di luna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Moonlight
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Місячне світло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumina lunii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φως του φεγγαριού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maanskyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

månsken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

måneskinn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moonlight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONLIGHT»

The term «moonlight» is very widely used and occupies the 14.487 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONLIGHT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «moonlight» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «moonlight» 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 moonlight

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10 QUOTES WITH «MOONLIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word moonlight.
1
Orlando Bloom
I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.
2
Carl von Clausewitz
All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.
3
Robertson Davies
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
4
Daniel Drew
Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
5
Allen Ginsberg
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
6
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moonlight is sculpture.
7
Claude McKay
Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines.
8
Karl Philipp Moritz
I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight.
9
Jean Paul
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
10
Auguste Rodin
Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOONLIGHT»

Discover the use of moonlight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moonlight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Look For Me By Moonlight
Can Cynda free herself-and her family-from Vincent's power before it's too late? Full-bodied characterizations and page-turning suspense ensure that this eerie, riveting novel will appeal to middle school fans of mystery and horror.
Mary Downing Hahn, 2008
2
Moonlight Secrets
When a hot new club called Nights is built on the site of the Fear family mansion, the students of Shadyside High don't think anything of it, until they learn that the evil of Fear Street has returned in a different shape to claim new ...
R.L. Stine, David Stevenson, 2005
3
Moonlight
This story without words presents a little girl's sleepy parents trying to get her through the nightly ritual of going to bed.
Jan Ormerod, 2004
4
Moonlight Masquerade
Jude Deveraux’s bestselling trilogy of Edilean, the small Virginia town where the surprising destinies of three college friends wait to be discovered, continues with this enchanting new novel.
Jude Deveraux, 2013
5
Moonlight Becomes You
With a sense of swiftly mounting danger, and with the skill and insight into human nature that have made all Mary Higgins Clark's books major bestsellers, Moonlight Becomes You is enthralling suspense.
Mary Higgins Clark, 2000
6
Beethoven: Piano Sonata 14 - "Moonlight" - Movement I - Neil ...
The Neil Miller Editions of Analyzed Music are designed to assist piano students with the difficult task of memorizing music for confidentperforming.
Neil Miller, 2007
7
The Journal of Albion Moonlight
A chronicle of violent fury and compassion, written when Surrealism was still vigorous and doing battle with psychotic "reality," The Journal of Albion Moonlight is the American monument to engagement.
Kenneth Patchen, 1961
8
Beethoven: The 'Moonlight' and Other Sonatas, Op. 27 and Op. 31
This 1999 book is a comprehensive introduction to Beethoven's most popular piano sonata, and Opp. 27 and 31.
Timothy Jones, 1999
9
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Akinari's masterful combination of phrases from Japanese classics with creatures from Chinese and Japanese fiction and lore lend the collection its eerie beauty.
Akinari Ueda, 2013
10
Moonlight in the Morning
Fifteen. Jecca couldn't sleep. Maybe it was the fact that she'dslept until eleven that morning, or maybe it was because Tris was so closebut so far away. It wasn't possible, but after just one night together, she missed him beside her. But then ...
Jude Deveraux, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOONLIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moonlight is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Max Pacioretty, Brendan Gallagher moonlight as comedians
During the offseason, it appears Montreal Canadiens players Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher moonlight as comedians. The Habs ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
2
City continues Moonlight Flicks series
The Moonlight Flicks series, presented by Open Concept Films, continues Friday, July 24, with a screening of Big Hero 6, along with music by ... «Niagarathisweek.com, Jul 15»
3
GUY HENDERSON: Ghost hunting by moonlight
A GHOST has been sighted at Torquay Museum. Experts in the paranormal spent the night at the museum in May and a photograph was taken ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
4
Ferrum Still Waiting On Overdue Moonlight Payment Despite …
Ferrum signed a memorandum of understanding with Principle in early May whereby Principle would buy a 39% stake in the Moonlight Iron ... «London South East, Jul 15»
5
Arkansas state park to offer 'Moonlight Tours' of Beaver Lake
Set for the final weekend in July, at Hobbs State Park you'll be able to go on a serene, moonlight tour of Beaver Lake and learn the basics of ... «THV 11, Jul 15»
6
Art of the Con, Power of Love: 'Music Man' at Moonlight
At Moonlight Stage Productions, “The Music Man” is getting a rousing staging by director/choreographer John Vaughan, with the largest ... «Times of San Diego, Jul 15»
7
Moonlight Ride At Basking Ridge's Lord Stirling Stable, July 31
Private horse owners are invited to participate in a guided Moonlight Ride along the trails of Lord Stirling Stable. By Carly Kilroy (Patch Staff) ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
8
Moonlight Blade: Explore Five Venoms Faction on July 22
In the upcoming Moonlight Blade expansion "Bless Day", the long-awaited mysterious class Five Venoms will be seen in the Open Beta. «MMORPG News, Jul 15»
9
'She's got a ticket to ride!' for Moonlight at the Ranch IX: Groovy 60s
One of the most famous Beatles' song is “Ticket to Ride” and if you want to experience the peace, love and rock and roll of the dawning of the ... «Santa Paula Times, Jul 15»
10
Dancing in the Moonlight
Well, she just happens to moonlight as the owner of Moonlight Dancer, where she transforms into Ithaca's most experienced belly-dance ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»

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