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light up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. light upverb

    start to burn with a bright flame

    "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"

  2. light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminateverb

    make lighter or brighter

    "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

  3. clear up, clear, light up, brightenverb

    become clear

    "The sky cleared after the storm"

  4. light upverb

    ignite

    "The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano"

  5. light up, fire up, lightverb

    begin to smoke

    "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"

Wiktionary

  1. light upverb

    To bring light to something, to brighten.

  2. light upverb

    To become light, to brighten.

  3. light upverb

    To light a cigarette, pipe etc.

  4. light upverb

    To make happy.

  5. light upverb

    To open fire on a target or group of targets.

ChatGPT

  1. light up

    To light up generally means to illuminate or make something bright, often using a source of light like a lamp or flashlight. It can also refer to making a place, environment or situation more lively and cheerful. Furthermore, in a metaphorical sense, it can represent a change in someone's mood or expression, becoming visibly happier or excited.

Wikidata

  1. Light Up

    Light Up, also called Akari, is a binary-determination logic puzzle published by Nikoli. As of 2011, three books consisting entirely of Light Up puzzles have been published by Nikoli.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of light up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of light up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of light up in a Sentence

  1. Reporterthat Kloots:

    I think the plan today is to do a scan with ink to light up his lungs so that they can get a better picture of whats going on, they want to find out from this culture what the fungus is so that they can specifically give the right medication to attack that fungus.

  2. Jennifer Kelly:

    Jennifer Kelly, Jennifer Kelly, told FoxNews.com. Chris Cramer Cramer family had a great enthusiasm. Chris Cramer Cramer family could light up the room. i think I had a harder time with Chris Cramer Cramer going than Chris Cramer Cramer did.

  3. James Garvin:

    You could use a constellation of cubesats that would light up at a certain time, if you flew thousands of them in the same formation that could illuminate every 90 minutes in low earth orbit.

  4. Arthur Brooks:

    People are trying to convert uncertainty into risk by reading too much news, but you're feeding into a set of algorithms that light up your brain like a Vegas casino.

  5. Jen Ramsey:

    Draw on your inner essence & light up your world.


Translations for light up

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  • lumiĝasEsperanto
  • [[panna]] [[tupakka, valaista, valjetaFinnish
  • acenderGalician
  • ライトアップJapanese
  • incendōLatin
  • beliichtenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • прику́ривать, загора́ться, свети́ться, заже́чь, загоре́ться, освети́ть, светле́ть, прикури́ть, свети́ть, просветле́ть, oсвети́ться, зажига́тьRussian
  • 点亮Chinese

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