lit up

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adjective

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lit up

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past tense and past participle of light up

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Adjective he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up
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When SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket exploded over the Caribbean last year, the internet lit up with videos from airline passengers, island tourists and locals showing flaming debris shooting across the sky. — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2026 The Packers haven't lit up the scoreboard through four weeks, either. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 One stark reality of the new identity is that Discovery Communications, which went public in 2008, two decades after the Discovery Channel lit up as a cable network, will now no longer have its name in lights. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lit up

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lit up was in 1907

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“Lit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lit%20up. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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