Definition

1. Noun:
   • The equipment or devices that produce light: The system or fixtures used to provide illumination in a space.
   • The arrangement or effect of light: The way light is placed and used, especially to create a particular mood or visibility in a room, on a stage, or in a photograph.
   • The act of making something start to burn: The action of igniting or setting fire to something. (This meaning is less common in everyday usage.)

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The lighting in the restaurant was soft and romantic. (The illumination in the restaurant was soft and romantic.)
  • Good lighting is essential for a photographer's studio. (Good illumination is essential for a photographer's studio.)
  • The stage lighting changed to blue for the night scene. (The stage illumination changed to blue for the night scene.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lighting design": The art and practice of planning and creating the lighting for a performance, building, or public space.
  • She studied lighting design for the theater.
• "Lighting conditions": The state or quality of the natural or artificial light in a particular place at a particular time.
  • The painting was examined under different lighting conditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Light (noun/verb): The natural agent that makes things visible; to provide with light or ignite.
• Lighter (noun): A device for lighting cigarettes or fires.
• Lighting-up time (noun): The time of day when street lights must be switched on or when vehicle lights must be used.

Synonyms

• Illumination: The lighting or light provided.
• Light: The natural or artificial brightness.
• Ignition: The action of setting something on fire. (For the "setting on fire" meaning.)

Related Phrases

• Lighting fixture: A complete lighting unit containing a lamp or socket.
  • They installed new energy-efficient lighting fixtures.
• Lighting rig: A framework supporting the lighting equipment for a stage or concert.
  • The crew set up the lighting rig for the show.

Related Idioms

• To see the light: To finally understand something. (Note: This idiom uses "light," not "lighting," but is a common related expression.)
  • After years of struggle, he finally saw the light and changed his career.

Noun

1. the act of setting something on fire
2. the craft of providing artificial light
   • an interior decorator must understand lighting
3. apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
4. having abundant light or illumination
   • they played as long as it was light
   • as long as the lighting was good