how to pronounce lighten

/ˈlaɪtən/

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lighten is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of lighten in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… just so it can lighten up in this part …”

meaning of lighten

Lighten means to make something less heavy.

lighten frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word lighten occurs in english on average 3.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lighten can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lighten can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;