VERY LIGHT

Meaning of VERY LIGHT in English

/ ˈveri laɪt; NAmE / noun

a bright coloured light that is fired from a gun as a signal from a ship that it needs help

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: named after Edward W. Very (1847–1910), American naval officer.

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VERY LIGHT — noun Etymology: Edward W. Very died 1910 American naval officer Date: 1917 a pyrotechnic signal in a system of signaling …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VERY LIGHT — ˈverē, -ri- noun Usage: usually capitalized V Etymology: after Edward W. Very died 1910 American naval officer : one of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERY LIGHT — adj. having a very low weight; having a bright or light-filled appearance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VERY LIGHT — n. colored flare that is shot from a Very pistol
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VERY LIGHT — noun Etymology: Edward W. Very died 1910 American naval officer Date: 1917 : a pyrotechnic signal in a system of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERY LIGHT — Pronunciation: ' ver- ē -, ' vir- ē - Function: noun Etymology: Edward W. Very † 1910 American naval officer …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VERY LIGHT — [ 'vɛri , 'vɪəri ] ■ noun a flare fired into the air from a pistol for signalling or for …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VERY LIGHT — [Ve.ry light] n [Edward W. Very d. 1910 Am naval officer] (1917): a pyrotechnic signal in a system of signaling …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VERY LIGHT — n. a flare projected from a pistol for signalling or temporarily illuminating the surroundings. [E. W. Very, Amer. inventor d. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VERY LIGHT — n. a flare projected from a pistol for signalling or temporarily illuminating the surroundings. [ E. W. Very, Amer. inventor …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VERY LIGHT — n. a flare projected from a pistol for signalling or temporarily illuminating the surroundings. Etymology: E. W. Very, Amer. inventor …
Oxford English vocab
VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери Syn : Verey light (военное) сигнальная ракета Вери
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери Syn : Verey light (военное) сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VERY LIGHT — воен.сигнальная ракета Вери Syn:Verey light
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VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери Syn: Verey light
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери Syn: Verey light
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
VERY LIGHT — _воен. сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — _n. _воен. сигнальная ракета Вери
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VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери Syn : Verey light (военное) сигнальная ракета Вери
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VERY LIGHT — воен. сигнальная ракета Вери Syn : Verey light (военное) сигнальная ракета Вери
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VERY — I. ˈverē, -ri adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English verray, verry, from Old French verai, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHT — I. ˈlīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English liht, light, from Old English lēoht, līht; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERY — (adv.) In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright …
Английский словарь Webster
VERY — ( adv. ) In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VERY — /ver"ee/ , adv., adj., ( Obs. ) verier, veriest . adv. 1. in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly: A giant …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VERY — I. ˈver-ē, ˈve-rē adjective ( veri·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English verray, verry, from Anglo-French verai, from Vulgar Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHT — I. ˈlīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lēoht; akin to Old High German lioht light, Latin luc-, lux …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERY — vt true; real; actual; veritable. 2. very ·add. ·- ·alt. of very's night signals. 3. very ·adv in a high …
Webster English vocab
LIGHT
Webster English vocab
LIGHT — electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye. In terms of wavelength, electromagnetic radiation occurs over an extremely …
Britannica English vocabulary
VERY — / ˈveri; NAmE / adverb , adjective ■ adverb ( abbr. v ) 1. used before adjectives, adverbs and determiners …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHT — / laɪt; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb , adverb ■ noun FROM SUN / LAMPS 1. [ U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VERY — I. ve ‧ ry 1 S1 W1 /ˈveri/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . [+ adjective/adverb] used to emphasize an adjective, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHT — I. light 1 S1 W1 /laɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ light , ↑ lighter , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VERY — adv. & adj. --adv. 1 in a high degree (did it very easily; had a very bad cough; am very …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHT — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 of little weight; not heavy; easy to lift. 2 a relatively low in weight, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHT — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VERY — adv. & adj. adv. 1 in a high degree (did it very easily; had a very bad cough; am very …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHT — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 of little weight; not heavy; easy to lift. 2 a relatively low in weight, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHT — n., v., & adj. n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VERY — adv. & adj. --adv. 1. in a high degree (did it very easily; had a very bad cough; am very …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHT — 1. n., v., & adj. --n. 1. the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHT — I. BRIGHTNESS OR ILLUMINATION /laɪt/ ( lights, lighting, lit, lighted, lighter, lightest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VERY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Very is used to give emphasis …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VERY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VERY — (EXACT) [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - (used to add emphasis to a noun) exact or particularThis is the very …
Cambridge English vocab
VERY — INDEX: 1. very 2. extremely RELATED WORDS see also ↑ COMPLETELY ↑ TOO/TOO MUCH ↑ FAIRLY/QUITE ◆◆◆ 1. very ▷ …
Longman Activator English vocab
VERY — See ↑ VERY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ not too/very many • ↑ not too/very much • ↑ not very • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIGHT — INDEX: not dark 1. light from the sun, a fire, an electric light etc 2. to make a place light …
Longman Activator English vocab
VERY — adv. 1 extremely, truly, really, to a great extent, exceedingly, greatly, (very) much, profoundly, deeply, acutely, unusually, extraordinarily, uncommonly, exceptionally, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
VERY — adverb 1 BAD : He looked very funny that I couldn't help laughing. GOOD : He looked so funny that …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
VERY — 1. прил. 1) истинный, настоящий, сущий, подлинный the very truth ≈ сущая правда Syn : veritable, true 2) абсолютный, в …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VERY — very.ogg 1. ʹverı a 1. усил. 1> настоящий, истинный, подлинный, сущий the very truth - сущая /чистая/ правда a very …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHT — light.ogg _I 1. laıt n 1. 1> свет the light of the sun of the moon, of a candle - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHT — 1) свет, видимое излучение; световое излучение 2) источник света || светить 3) лампа 4) фонарь 5) фара 6) осветитель; светильник …
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