: an artificial supply of light or the apparatus providing it
Examples of lighting in a Sentence
He prefers natural lighting for his photography.
The lighting wasn't bright enough.
The street lighting was so dim I got lost.
There was a problem with the lighting.
a company that sells lighting equipment
He's in charge of the lighting for the show.
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The governing aesthetic is creepy red lighting, alien megastructures, and Eldritch Horror, which is ticking all the boxes for us.—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025 The former couple met in California on the set of General Hospital, where Thomas was a lighting director and Ragland was temping as an assistant makeup artist, per Vanity Fair.—Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025 There will be ice skating, a Menorah lighting, and a fire show.—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025 According to lighting company Tru-Scapes, low-voltage landscape lighting should also be safe to use in freezing weather.—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lighting
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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The first known use of lighting was
before the 12th century
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