"lighting" meaning in English

See lighting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ [General-American], [-ɾɪŋ] [General-American] Audio: En-us-lighting.ogg Forms: lightings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ Etymology: From light + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|light|ing}} light + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lighting (countable and uncountable, plural lightings)
  1. The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light sources Synonyms: illumination, light source, light Translations (equipment, illumination): осветление (osvetlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), enllumenat [masculine] (Catalan), lumigo (Esperanto), valot (english: equipment) (Finnish), valaistus (english: illumination) (Finnish), éclairage [masculine] (French), Beleuchtung [feminine] (German), φωτιστικό (fotistikó) [neuter] (Greek), világítás (Hungarian), megvilágítás (Hungarian), kivilágítás (Hungarian), soilsiú [masculine] (Irish), iluminação [feminine] (Portuguese), освеще́ние (osveščénije) [neuter] (Russian), освети́тельные прибо́ры (osvetítelʹnyje pribóry) [masculine, plural] (Russian), iluminación [feminine] (Spanish), alumbrado [masculine] (Spanish), belysning [common-gender] (Swedish), pagsusuga (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-lighting-en-noun-Hp9lLe1Y Disambiguation of Light sources: 41 40 4 15 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 38 8 18 Disambiguation of 'equipment, illumination': 65 34 1
  2. The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light sources Translations (activating lights or igniting a flame): запалване (zapalvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 照明 (zhàomíng) (Chinese Mandarin), sytyttäminen (Finnish), valaistus (Finnish), meggyújtás (Hungarian), soilsiú [masculine] (Irish), tenning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tenning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), освеще́ние (osveščénije) [neuter] (Russian), tändning [common-gender] (Swedish), వెలిగించుట (veligiñcuṭa) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-lighting-en-noun-zt2YHOvx Disambiguation of Light sources: 41 40 4 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 66 8 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 27 40 14 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 47 14 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 62 10 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 70 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 51 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 51 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 57 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 51 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 47 14 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 51 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 46 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 51 11 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 24 51 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 38 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 26 47 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 9 82 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 52 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 57 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 60 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 52 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 24 51 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 18 55 12 14 Disambiguation of 'activating lights or igniting a flame': 18 77 5
  3. (dated) The process of annealing metals. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Metallurgy
    Sense id: en-lighting-en-noun-cT-nUB2p Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 9 33 49 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ [General-American], [-ɾɪŋ] [General-American] Audio: En-us-lighting.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ Etymology: From light + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|light|ing}} light + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lighting
  1. present participle and gerund of light Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: light Categories (topical): Light sources
    Sense id: en-lighting-en-verb-gvCu1KMu Disambiguation of Light sources: 41 40 4 15 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 38 8 18

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "activating lights or igniting a flame",
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