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in the light of

in the light of preposition: in the illumination from (a source of light).

Preposition

in the light of

  1. In the illumination from (a source of light).
    • In the light of the Sun
    • The angels lived endlessly in the light of God′s chariot, praising God by saying “Holy, Holy, Holy,” just as Isaiah had seen.2007, Lawrence A. Hoffman (editor), My People′s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries, Volume 1: The Sh′ma and Its Blessings, page 51
  2. (Canada, UK, figuratively) Based on conclusions derived from (a source of knowledge, evidence or inspiration).
    • In the light of faith I gain wisdom in the wisdom of the Word your Son; in the light of faith I am strong, constant, persevering; in the light of faith I have hope: It does not let me faint along the way.1980, Catherine of Siena, translated by Suzanne Noffke, The Dialogue, New Jersey: Paulist Press, page 365
    • Similarly, we may hold that the past can only be understood in the light of the present, and the present only understood in the light of the past.2005, Simon Blackburn, “hermeneutic circle," entry in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, page 165
    Synonyms:
    in light of

in the light of meaning in Malayalam

in the light of in Malayalam

taking into consideration, taking into account, considering
അതിന്റെ വെളിച്ചത്തിൽ, ഇന്നിന്നകാര്യങ്ങൾ കണക്കിലെടുക്കുമ്പോൾ, ഇന്നകാര്യം ഇങ്ങനെആയിരിക്കെ, എല്ലാം കണക്കിലെടുത്തുകൊണ്ട്, എല്ലാം പരിഗണിച്ച ശേഷം, പരിഗണിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്

Synonyms of in the light of

Questions about in the light of

What does in the light of mean?
In the light of means in the illumination from (a source of light).
What is in the light of in Malayalam?
In the light of in Malayalam is അതിന്റെ വെളിച്ചത്തിൽ, ഇന്നിന്നകാര്യങ്ങൾ കണക്കിലെടുക്കുമ്പോൾ, ഇന്നകാര്യം ഇങ്ങനെആയിരിക്കെ. See In the light of meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is in the light of?
In the light of is a preposition.

Words near in the light of in the dictionary

  1. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  2. in the lap of the gods
  3. in the last analysis
  4. in the lead
  5. in the least
  6. in the light of
  7. in the limelight
  8. in the limit
  9. in the line of duty
  10. in the long run
  11. in the long term

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the light of (page history and authors); in the light of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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