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# headlight

noun (a headlight, headlights)

«headlight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A strong light at the front of a car, bus, bike, train or other vehicle that helps the driver see the road at night and lets others see the vehicle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#m1)
2. A light worn on the head (more often called a headlamp or head torch). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#m2)

### In the lessons

In road safety lessons: cars use headlights at night and in fog and rain; cyclists need a white front light and a red back light; walkers should wear bright or reflective clothes so headlights show them up. In science, headlights show how light travels in straight lines and reflects off reflectors. In stories, «like a deer in headlights» means frozen with fear. Phrases: turn on the headlights, dip/high beam, caught in the headlights.

### Examples

- The car's headlights lit up the dark road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#x1)
- Turn on your headlights when it gets dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#x2)
- My reflective vest shines when headlights hit it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#x3)
- Bikes need a front light, like a car's headlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#x4)
- The deer froze in the headlights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#x5)
- One of the headlights is broken, so Dad is fixing it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#x6)
- Drivers dip their headlights so they don't dazzle other drivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/#x7)

### Note

One word: headlight. Usually used in the plural for a car (headlights). «Like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights» means too shocked to move.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «headlight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headlight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«headlight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/headlight.html) on Mova free.