ALIGHT ON / UPON STH

Meaning of ALIGHT ON / UPON STH in English

to think of, find or notice sth, especially by chance :

Eventually, we alighted on the idea of seeking sponsorship.

Her eyes suddenly alighted on the bundle of documents.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
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
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
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
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
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
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
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
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
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
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
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
UPON — prep 1. = on II ( часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведённых ниже, употребляется чаще, чем on) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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