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- Dictionarylight·en/ˈlītn/
verb
- 1. make or become lighter or brighter: "the sky began to lighten in the east" Similar Opposite
- 2. emit flashes of lightning; flash with lightning: rare "it thundered and lightened" Similar
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The meaning of LIGHTEN is to make light or clear : illuminate. How to use lighten in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lighten.
LIGHTEN definition: 1. to become less dark: 2. to make a difficult situation or responsibility easier: 3. to make…. Learn more.
Lighten definition: to become lighter or less dark; brighten. See examples of LIGHTEN used in a sentence.
LIGHTEN meaning: 1. to become less dark: 2. to make a difficult situation or responsibility easier: 3. to make…. Learn more.
To lighten something is to make it brighter or shine a light on it. You can lighten your dark basement room with plenty of lamps and a coat of white paint. Besides "make lighter or illuminate," another meaning of lighten is "make lighter in weight." So you can lighten your load by taking all the heavy books out of your backpack.
If your attitude or mood lightens, or if someone or something lightens it, they make you feel more cheerful, happy, and relaxed. As they approached the outskirts of the city, Ella's mood visibly lightened. [VERB] The sun was streaming in through the window, yet it did nothing to lighten his mood. [VERB noun]
v. light·ened, light·en·ing, light·ens. v.tr. 1. To make less heavy: I lightened my backpack by removing a large textbook. 2. To lessen the severity or oppressiveness of: lighten the workload. See Synonyms at relieve. 3. To make less worried or more cheerful: lighten the mood.
LIGHTEN definition: 1. If a serious situation lightens, it becomes less serious, and if something or someone lightens…. Learn more.
[transitive] lighten something to reduce the amount of work, debt, worry, etc. that somebody has synonym lessen. equipment to lighten the load of domestic work; The measures will lighten the tax burden on small businesses.
[intransitive, transitive] to become or make something become brighter or lighter in color The sky began to lighten in the east. lighten something Use bleach to lighten the wood.
