LIGHTEN UP

Meaning of LIGHTEN UP in English

( informal ) used to tell sb to become less serious or worried about sth :

Come on, John. Lighten up!

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

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 — 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 — relax, do not be so serious Lighten up, Charles. Try to see the humor in life.
English Idioms vocabulary
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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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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