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

Вы́ключите, пожалуйста, свет.
Turn off the light, please.
Луна́ не име́ет со́бственного све́та.
The moon doesn't have light of its own.
Включи́, пожалуйста, свет.
Turn on the light, please.
Темнота́ - э́то отсу́тствие све́та.
Darkness is the absence of light.
Э́та ко́мната не име́ет доста́точно со́лнечного све́та.
This room does not get much sun.
Вы мо́жете получа́ть эне́ргию от со́лнечного све́та.
You can get energy from the sunshine.
Нет све́та без тени.
There's no light without a shadow.
Для чте́ния совершенно не бы́ло све́та.
There wasn't anything like enough light to read by.

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