Meanings
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1
adj
Not weighing much; easy to lift or carry.
The bag is light enough for a child to carry.
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2
adj
Full of light; bright.
The room is light when the shutters are open.
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3
adj
Pale in colour.
She painted the walls a light blue.
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4
adj
Small in amount, degree, or force.
There was only light traffic on the way to work.
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5
adv
With little to carry.
Experienced travellers prefer to travel light.
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Etymology
From Middle English liȝt, lyghte, from Old English lēht, lēoht, līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz or *līhtaz (“light (in weight)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch licht (“light (not heavy)”), German leicht (“light (not heavy)”), Luxembourgish liicht (“lightweight”), Vilamovian łajcht (“easy”), Yiddish לײַכט (laykht, “light (of low weight)”), Danish let (“light (not heavy)”), Faroese lættur (“light (of weight); easy (to do)”), Icelandic léttur (“light (not weighing much); easy”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian N…