lighted
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Illuminated; provided with light: Describes something that has been made bright or visible by a source of light, especially artificial light.
- Ignited; burning: Describes something that is on fire or has been set alight.
Usage
- As an adjective describing illumination:
- Used before a noun (attributive) or after a linking verb (predicative) to indicate that light is shining on or from something.
- Example: She entered the lighted hallway.
- As an adjective describing combustion:
- Used to indicate that a flammable object (like a candle, cigarette, or match) is actively burning.
- Example: He held a lighted match carefully.
Examples
- Illuminated:
- The lighted sign was visible from miles away.
- The path was lighted by a row of lanterns.
- Burning:
- Do not leave a lighted candle unattended.
- He offered me a lighted cigarette.
Advanced Usage
- "Well-lighted": A compound adjective meaning adequately or brightly illuminated.
- For safety, always use a well-lighted staircase at night.
- Note on "lighted" vs. "lit": Both are commonly used as the past tense and past participle of the verb "light" and as adjectives. "Lighted" is often preferred as an adjective placed before a noun (e.g., a lighted room), while "lit" is frequently used after a verb (e.g., The room was lit). However, this distinction is not strict, and they are largely interchangeable in modern usage.
Variants and Related Words
- Light (verb): To provide with light or to ignite.
- Lit (adjective, past participle): Often used synonymously with "lighted" (e.g., a lit match, a brightly lit room).
- Illuminate (verb): To light up.
- Ignited (adjective): Set on fire (more technical, often for engines or scientific contexts).
Synonyms
- Illuminated: Lit up.
- Aflame: In flames, burning.
- Aglow: Glowing with light or color.
Phrasal Verbs Related to "Light"
- Light up: To become illuminated or to ignite something.
- The sky lit up with fireworks.
- Light upon: To find or discover by chance.
- He lit upon an old manuscript in the attic.
Idioms
- A lighted fuse: A situation that is likely to become dangerous or explosive.
- Their argument was like a lighted fuse waiting to go off.
- See the light:
- To finally understand something.
- After hours of study, I finally saw the light.
- To undergo a religious conversion.
- He saw the light and changed his ways.
Adjective
- provided with artificial light
- illuminated advertising
- looked up at the lighted windows
- a brightly lit room
- a well-lighted stairwell
- set afire or burning
- the lighted candles
- a lighted cigarette
- a lit firecracker