The meaning of Alighting

Alighting – definition

verb
Descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport.
Usage examples:
He was the only passenger to alight from the train
Synonims:
Get off Step off Get down Dismount Disembark Descend Exit Detrain Deplane Pile out

adjective
On fire; burning.
Usage examples:
The house was alight when the firemen arrived

Alighting translation into English

Alighting: translate from English into Chinese

下车, 降落

Alighting: translate from English into Dutch

Uitstappen, Landing

Alighting: translate from English into French

Descendre, Allumant

Alighting: translate from English into German

Aussteigen, Ausstieg

Alighting: translate from English into Hindi

उतरने, पंक्तिबद्ध करना

Alighting: translate from English into Italian

Scendere

Alighting: translate from English into Korean

빛나는 것

Alighting: translate from English into Russian

Приземление, Посадка, Спуск, Посадочный, Высадка из лодки

Alighting: translate from English into Spanish

Aterrizaje, Aterrizaje, De aterrizaje

Word origin

Old English ālīhtan, from ā- (as an intensifier) + līhtan ‘descend’ (see light3).

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Alighting – similar words

alighted

verb
Descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport.
Usage examples:
He was the only passenger to alight from the train

adjective
On fire; burning.
Usage examples:
The house was alight when the firemen arrived

All meanings and translations of Alighted

alight

verb
Descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport.
Usage examples:
He was the only passenger to alight from the train

adjective
On fire; burning.
Usage examples:
The house was alight when the firemen arrived

verb
To get out of a vehicle
Usage examples:
He helped her alight from the train., the butterfly alighted on a flower.

All meanings and translations of Alight

Alighting synonims

deplane

verb
Disembark from an aircraft.
Usage examples:
We landed and deplaned

verb
To leave an aircraft
Usage examples:
Would all passengers please deplane by the rear doors.

All meanings and translations of Deplane

descend

verb
Move or fall downwards.
Usage examples:
The aircraft began to descend

verb
Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

verb
To go down or come down something
Usage examples:
[ i ] the path descends to the valley below., [ t ] jane descended the stairs slowly in her wedding…

All meanings and translations of Descend

detrain

verb
Leave or cause to leave a train.
Usage examples:
The train from loughborough will stop at quorn for passengers to detrain

All meanings and translations of Detrain

disembark

verb
Leave a ship, aircraft, or train.
Usage examples:
The passengers began to disembark

verb
To leave a ship, aircraft, etc., after a trip
Usage examples:
They disembarked in seattle.

verb
To get off a plane, train, or boat
Usage examples:
Eurostar commuters to paris disembark at gare du nord., passengers disembarking from arriving plane…

All meanings and translations of Disembark

dismount

verb
Get off a horse, bicycle, or anything that one is riding.
Usage examples:
He rode over and dismounted

noun
A move in which a gymnast jumps off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise.
Usage examples:
On the uneven bars the women go for ever more complex dismounts

verb
To get off a horse or a bicycle

All meanings and translations of Dismount

exit

noun
A way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle.
Usage examples:
She slipped out by the rear exit

verb
Go out of or leave a place.
Usage examples:
He exited from the changing rooms

verb
Move out of or depart from

All meanings and translations of Exit

get down

phrasal verb
Lower (one's body) as by kneeling

phrasal verb
To start to direct your efforts and attention to something, esp. work
Usage examples:
We’ve got to get down to business, folks, or we’ll never get the newsletter out on time.

phrasal verb
To start to direct your efforts and attention towards something
Usage examples:
The meeting's not due to start for another five minutes but we're all here, so let's get down to bu…

All meanings and translations of Get down

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