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lighten

Make something brighter or less heavy.

Meanings of «lighten»

1 · verb

to make something less heavy or serious

A good joke can lighten the mood after bad news.

2 · verb

to make a color paler or brighter

She wants to lighten her hair a little this summer.

Similar: brightenwhitenbleach

Translation

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«lighten» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
DE Deutsch
ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt

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Word family

light A1 · adjectivelighten B1 · verblightly B1 · adverblightness B2 · noun