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   sidelight

   /ˈsʌɪdlʌɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a light placed at the side of something: "a designer village with sidelights along the pathways"
   • ▪ a small light on either side of the front of a motor vehicle, used in poor light when full headlights are not required. British
   • ▪ a ship's navigation lights.
   • ▪ natural light coming from the side: "through the window blazed the cold light of winter morning; sidelight, the most harsh"
   • 2. a narrow window or pane of glass set alongside a door or larger window: "we added French doors with sidelights and a fanlight overhead"
   • 3. a piece of incidental information that helps to clarify or enliven a subject: "one has to wade through pages of extraneous material in order to discover these sidelights on the management of an estate"

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSIDELIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SIDELIGHT definition: 1. either of the two smaller lights fixed on the front of a car 2. a piece of extra information…. Learn more.

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     SIDELIGHT meaning: 1. either of the two smaller lights fixed...

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › sidelightSidelight Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. a. : light coming or produced from the side. b. : incidental light or information. 2. : the red light on the port bow or the green light on the starboard bow carried by ships underway at night. Examples of sidelight in a Sentence. The book includes some amusing sidelights about his childhood.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSIDELIGHT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A sidelight on a particular situation is a piece of information about that situation which is interesting but which is not particularly important.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › sidelightSidelight - definition of sidelight by The Free Dictionary

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   Sidelight can mean a light coming from the side, a window at the side of a building, a nautical light, or an additional or incidental information. Learn more about the different meanings and usage of sidelight with examples and translations.

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   noun. light coming from the side. a side window. either of the two navigational running lights used by vessels at night, a red light on the port and a green on the starboard. either of two small lights on the front of a motor vehicle, used to indicate the presence of the vehicle at night rather than to assist the driver.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySIDELIGHT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Sidelight can mean either a small light on a car or a piece of extra information that helps you understand something. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation and usage with examples and translations.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › sidelightsidelight noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   sidelight (on somebody/something) a piece of information, usually given by accident or in connection with another subject, that helps you to understand somebody/something. The article gives us a few interesting sidelights on life in Japan in general.