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The correct spelling is lightning.
How to pronounce lightning
/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
nounIPA: /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Say it like: Lit-nin-g
The correct spelling is lightning. A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. For example: "Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder."
Usage Examples
“Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.”
“That tree was hit by lightning.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
- 2.A discharge of this kind.
- 3.Anything that moves very fast.
- 4.The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
verb
- 1.To produce lightning.
adjective
- 1.Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.
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