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Learn “Alight”

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Alight

verb/uh-LYT/

Meaning

To get down from a vehicle, or for a bird to land gently.

In context

A rainbow lorikeet alighted on the branch beside the window.

Remember it

Alight = a-light: you land as lightly as a bird settling on a branch.

Use it well

Fairly formal; you 'alight from' a bus or train, or a bird 'alights on' a perch.