What does alight mean in English?

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alight Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 burning:
- I had to use a bit of petrol to get the fire alight.
- The rioters overturned several cars and set them alight.
- He was smoking in bed and his blankets caught alight.
1 brightly lit up:
- The sky was alight with hundreds of fireworks.
- Her eyes were alight with mischief.
2 to get out of a vehicle, especially a train or bus:
- The suspect alighted from the train at Euston and proceeded to Heathrow.
3 to land on something:
- A butterfly alighted gently on the flower.
- As she glanced round the room her eyes alighted upon a small child.
- I spent an hour in the bookshop before alighting on the perfect present.
4 to get out of a vehicle:
- He helped her alight from the train.
5 to come down from the air and land:
- The butterfly alighted on a flower.

One does not talk about alighting from a bus.
The formula remains arid and abstract and never alights upon a particular set of circumstances, which is exactly what will happen in this case.
The vehicle stopped and about six persons alighted and disappeared in the darkness.
The lifts should be working and staff should be there, especially to facilitate disabled people alighting at their stops.
The difficulty is to apply the existing law in cases where pedestrians alighting from tramcars are injured.
Let me outline briefly why we have alighted on this procedure.
Seven persons, all of whom were in the overtaking car—the passengers in the stationary car having alighted—were injured.
A further area where we are looking for improvements is on better access for disabled passengers, especially to enable easier boarding and alighting.