"alight" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈlaɪt/ Audio: en-us-alight.ogg [US] Forms: alight [canonical], alights [third-person, singular], alighted [past], alighted [past, participle], alighting [present, participle]
enPR: ə-līt' Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you alight from a vehicle, you get off or exit from it.
    Sense id: simple-alight-en-verb-i83YudBz
     
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