ALIGHT ON/UPON (SOMETHING)

Meaning of ALIGHT ON/UPON (SOMETHING) in English

alight on/upon something phrasal verb formal ( see also ↑ alight )

to suddenly think of or notice something or someone:

His mind alighted on several possible answers.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

UPON — sur; concernent(e), pri. IMMEDIATELY ~: che, a
English interlingue dictionary
ALIGHT — v. descender de, expassuar; a.brulant. TO SET ~: incendiar, inflammar
English interlingue dictionary
UPON — diha
English-Visayan vocabulary
ALIGHT — (Verb) mihugpa
English-Visayan vocabulary
UPON — I. preposition Date: 12th century on , II. adverb Date: 13th century on the surface ; on it, thereafter , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALIGHT — I. intransitive verb (~ed; also alit; ~ing) see: abide Date: before 12th century to come down from something (as a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPON — I. ə|pȯn, ə|pän, ə(|)pən sometimes ˌə|p- preposition Etymology: Middle English uppon, upon, from uppe & up up + on, preposition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALIGHT — I. əˈlīt, usu -d.+V intransitive verb ( alighted -īd.ə̇d, -ītə̇d ; or sometimes alit əˈlit ; alighted ; alighting ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPON — (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Английский словарь Webster
ALIGHT — (a.) Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
Английский словарь Webster
ALIGHT — (v. i.) To come or chance (upon).
Английский словарь Webster
ALIGHT — (v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights …
Английский словарь Webster
UPON — ( prep. ) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — /euh pon", euh pawn"/ , prep. 1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on: He climbed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALIGHT — alight 1 /euh luyt"/ , v.i. , alighted or alit, alighting . 1. to dismount from a horse, descend from …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — prep. on, atop
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPON — I. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän preposition Date: 12th century : on II. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete : on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALIGHT — I. ə-ˈlīt intransitive verb ( alight·ed also alit ə-ˈlit ; alight·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ālīhtan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPON — prep on; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster English vocab
ALIGHT — vi to come or chance (upon). 2. alight ·adj lighted; lighted up; in a flame. 3. alight ·vi to descend …
Webster English vocab
UPON — ■ preposition more formal term for on . Origin ME: from up + on , suggested by ON upp á …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ALIGHT — [alight] vi alight.ed also alit ; alight.ing [ME, fr. OE alihtan, fr. a- (perfective prefix) + lihtan to alight--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UPON — upon BrE AmE ə ˈpɒn AmE \ ə ˈpɑːn -ˈpɔːn —There is also an occasional weak form əp ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ALIGHT — alight BrE AmE ə ˈlaɪt ▷ alighted ə ˈlaɪt ɪd -əd AmE ə ˈlaɪt̬ əd ▷ alighting ə ˈlaɪt ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPON — / əˈpɒn; NAmE əˈpɑːn/ preposition 1. ( formal , especially BrE ) = on : The decision was based upon …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALIGHT — / əˈlaɪt; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective [ not before noun ] 1. on fire : A cigarette …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — up ‧ on S2 W1 /əˈpɒn $ əˈpɑːn/ BrE AmE preposition formal [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: up + on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALIGHT — I. a ‧ light 1 /əˈlaɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [not before noun] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Probably from a- …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALIGHT — predic.adj. 1 on fire; burning (they set the old shed alight; is the fire still alight?). 2 lighted up; excited …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALIGHT — predic.adj. 1 on fire; burning (they set the old shed alight; is the fire still alight?). 2 lighted up; excited …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALIGHT — 1. v.intr. 1. a (often foll. by from) descend from a vehicle. b dismount from a horse. 2 descend and …
Oxford English vocab
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALIGHT — ( alights, alighting, alighted) 1. If something is alight , it is burning. Several buildings were set alight... = ablaze …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPON — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES border on/upon obsession (= be almost as extreme as an obsession ) ▪ Sometimes his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALIGHT — I. adjective PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES set the world on fire/alight ▪ And now we have Sliver which was the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — preposition [slightly formal] - onThere was nothing upon the table but a few old plates.Upon her head she wore a …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
UPON — Synonyms and related words : about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALIGHT — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: BURNING 1, ablaze, afire, aflame, blazing, conflagrant, fiery, flaming, flaring, ignited 2 made bright by …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ALIGHT — I. verb to come to rest after or as if after a flight, a descent, or a fall snowflakes alighting …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPON — • ↑ on/upon receipt of
Longman Activator English vocab
ALIGHT — adj. 25B6; adjective the bales of hay were alight : BURNING, ablaze, aflame, on fire, in flames, blazing; poetic/literary afire. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPON — {v. phr.} To latch onto. * /Whenever Herb is in a romantic mood, Irene seizes on it and starts talking …
Словарь английских идиом
UPON — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) = on 1. = on (часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведенных ниже, употребляется …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALIGHT — I гл. 1) сходить, выходить, высаживаться (из поезда, автобуса и т. п.) (out of, from - из, с; at - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPON — upon.ogg əʹpɒn prep 1. = on II ( часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведённых ниже, употребляется чаще, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ALIGHT — alight.ogg _I əʹlaıt a predic 1. зажжённый; горящий, охваченный огнём to get smth. alight - зажечь что-л. to be alight …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UPON — на dissocaite upon heating — диссоциировать при нагреве let us apply one triangle upon another — наложим один треугольник на другой touch upon …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UPON — с upon my Sam! sl. - честное слово! work upon - влиять (на что-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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