lightning

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light(e)n + -ing

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Singular
lightning

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural lightnings

lightning (countable and uncountable; plural lightnings)

  1. The flash of light caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
  2. The discharge of atmospheric electrical charge itself.
    That tree was hit by lightning.

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lightning (not comparable)

Positive
lightning

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Extremely fast or sudden.
  2. Moving at the speed of lightning.

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