LIGHTEN UP

Meaning of LIGHTEN UP in English

relax, do not be so serious

Lighten up, Charles. Try to see the humor in life.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

LIGHTEN UP — intransitive verb Date: 1946 to take things less seriously
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIGHTEN UP — intransitive verb : to take things less seriously : relax
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTEN UP — relax, take things easy, calm down; cheer up
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIGHTEN UP — Date: 1946 : to take things less seriously
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHTEN UP — Function: intransitive verb Date: 1946 : to take things less seriously
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIGHTEN UP — [lighten up] vi (ca. 1968): to take things less seriously
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHTEN UP — ( informal ) used to tell sb to become less serious or worried about sth : Come on, John. Lighten …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTEN UP — See ↑ SERIOUS 9
Longman Activator English vocab
LIGHTEN UP — relax, do not be so serious Lighten up, Charles. Try to see the humor in life.
English Idioms vocab
LIGHTEN UP — Selling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or losses or increase …
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
LIGHTEN UP — phrvi AmE infml Lighten up! We all gotta get along here! — Давай не выступай! Нам здесь еще вместе долго работать
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LIGHTEN UP — phrvi AmE infml Lighten up! We all gotta get along here! — Давай не выступай! Нам здесь еще вместе долго …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LIGHTEN UP — lighten up phrvi AmE infml Lighten up! We all gotta get along here! Давай не выступай! Нам здесь еще вместе …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LIGHTEN UP — Lighten up! We all gotta get along here! — Давай не выступай! Нам здесь еще вместе долго работать
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
LIGHTEN UP — фин. "облегчиться", "облегчить" (продать часть позиции по ценным бумагам в данном инвестиционном портфеле) To use what he calls "these mini false …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по финансовым рынкам
LIGHTEN UP — относиться легче
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
LIGHTEN UP — относиться легче
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
LIGHTEN — aclarar; iluminar, lucidar; (ease) aleviar; (lightning) fulminar
English interlingue dictionary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — I. ˈlīt ə n verb ( lightened ; lightened ; lightening -t( ə )niŋ ; lightens ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden …
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTEN — (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or …
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTEN — (v. t.) To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; …
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTEN — ( v. t. ) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — ( v. t. ) To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — ( v. t. ) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — lighten 1 — lightener , n. /luyt"n/ , v.i. 1. to become lighter or less dark; brighten: The sky lightened …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHTEN — I. ˈlī-t ə n verb ( light·ened ; light·en·ing ˈlīt-niŋ, ˈlī-t ə n-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English lightenen, from light Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTEN — vt to free from trouble and fill with joy. 2. lighten ·vt to illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. 3. lighten …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTEN — [light.en] vb light.ened ; light.en.ing [ME lightenen, fr. light] vt (14c) 1: to make light or clear: illuminate 2. archaic: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHTEN — lighten BrE AmE ˈlaɪt ə n ▷ lighten|ed d ▷ lighten|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ lighten|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — / ˈlaɪtn; NAmE / verb 1. [ vn ] to reduce the amount of work, debt, worry, etc. that sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHTEN — light ‧ en /ˈlaɪtn/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ light , ↑ lighter , ↑ lighting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — ( lightens, lightening, lightened) 1. When something lightens or when you lighten it, it becomes less dark in colour. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTEN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ease/reduce/lighten the burden ▪ Smaller classes would ease the burden for teachers. lighten sb's mood …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTEN — [verb]If your mood lightens or something lightens your mood, you become happier and less anxious.After the phone call his mood …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHTEN — verb Lighten is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ mood , ↑ sky Lighten is used with these …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIGHTEN — v. 25B6; verb lightening the burden of taxation : MAKE LIGHTER, lessen, reduce, decrease, diminish, ease; alleviate, mitigate, allay, relieve, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHTEN — v. 25B6; verb the sky was beginning to lighten : BECOME/GROW LIGHTER, brighten. the first touch of dawn lightened the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHTEN — v. disencumber, disburden, relieve, alleviate, reduce, lessen, mitigate To lighten my load, I had left my suitcase at the hotel
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIGHTEN — v. 1 illuminate, brighten, light up Opening the curtains would lighten up the room 2 cheer (up), brighten, gladden, shine; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTEN — I гл. 1) а) светлеть; становиться ярче The sky had lightened. ≈ Небо посветлело. б) осветлять to lighten one's hair …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHTEN — lighten.ogg _I ʹlaıtn v 1. 1> освещать, давать свет a solitary candle lightened the darkness of the great hall - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHTEN — I lighten гл.1) а) светлеть; становиться ярче The sky had lightened. — Небо посветлело. б) осветлять to lighten one's hair …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTEN — _I ʹlaıtn v 1. 1> освещать, давать свет a solitary candle lightened the darkness of the great hall - одна …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIGHTEN — I ˈlaɪt(ə)n гл. 1) а) светлеть; становиться ярче The sky had lightened. — Небо посветлело. б) осветлять to lighten one's …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIGHTEN — I ['®µЎ«(†)] lighten.wav гл. 1) а) светлеть; становиться ярче The sky had lightened. — Небо посветлело. б) осветлять to lighten one's hair — осветлять волосы 2) сверкать; …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UP — 1. _adv. 1> указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
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English Idioms vocabulary

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