sidelight

side·light

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sahyd-lahyt]
- /ˈsaɪdˌlaɪt/
- /ˈsaɪd.laɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahyd-lahyt]
- /ˈsaɪdˌlaɪt/

Definitions of sidelight word

noun sidelight an item of incidental information. 1
noun sidelight either of two lights carried by a vessel under way at night, a red one on the port side and a green on the starboard. 1
noun sidelight light coming from the side. 1
noun sidelight a window or other aperture for light in the side of a building, ship, etc. 1
noun sidelight a window at the side of a door or another window. 1
noun sidelight extra information from a different point of view 1

See all 18 definitions of sidelight

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Origin of sidelight

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10; side1 + light1

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Parts of speech for Sidelight

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sidelight

sidelight popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

sidelight usage trend in Literature

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