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lights

[ lahyts ]

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plural noun

lights

/ ��ɪ�ٲ� /

a person's ideas, knowledge, or understanding
he did it according to his lights

lights

/ ��ɪ�ٲ� /

the lungs, esp of sheep, bullocks, and pigs, used for feeding pets and occasionally in human food

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Origin of lights¹

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English lihte, lightes, noun use of liht light ²; lung

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Origin of lights¹

C13: plural noun use of light ², referring to the light weight of the lungs

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But only at night, when you see no lights, can you tell that the apartments are empty.

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Local police in Barcelona returned to the old ways, regulating traffic in the Plaça España because the lights were out.

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The Israeli military initially said its troops fired on "suspicious vehicles" driving in darkness with their headlights and emergency lights off.

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They turned out the lights in the room where cyberattacks used to be watched out for.

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As the lights went up, a masked replica of the Statue of Liberty’s head was at the center of the stage.

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