свет

common #378B1

nounmasculineinanimateuncountable

1.
light
Включи́ свет, пожа́луйста.
Turn on the light, please.
2.
world
Он объе́хал весь свет.
He has travelled all over the world.
Often in set expressions such as 'части света' (parts of the world).
3.
high society, fashionable society
Потом пусти́лся я в большо́й свет.
Then I set out into high society.
Quite common in 19th-century literature (cf. French 'le monde').

Examples

Све́та недостаточно, чтобы чита́ть.
There is insufficient light for reading.
Вы мо́жете получа́ть эне́ргию от со́лнечного све́та.
You can get energy from the sunshine.
Ты никогда не выключа́ешь му́зыку и свет пе́ред сном.
You never turn off the music and the lights before going to bed.
Не выключа́й свет.
Don't turn the light off.
Луна́ не име́ет со́бственного све́та.
The moon doesn't have light of its own.
Темнота́ - э́то отсу́тствие све́та.
Darkness is the absence of light.
Свет, мото́р, на́чали!
Lights, camera, action!
Не гасите свет.
Don't turn off the light.

LockedUnlock typical usages

светlight; world; high society
nounmasculine
света́тьto dawn
verbimperfective
свети́тьto shine; to shine a light (for someone)
verbimperfective
вы́светитьto illuminate
verbperfective
засвети́тьto light; to expose; to give a smack; to expose (film) by accident; to begin to shine
verbperfective