lightning

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
  2. noun the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

Etymology

From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.

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