in a new light
5
4.1
- idiom
:
bajo una nueva luz
- Learning about different cultures helped him appreciate his own traditions in a new light.
- see in a new light
- cast them in a new light
So the focus is on asking an interesting question or casting the familiar in a new light.
- So the focus is on asking an interesting question or casting the familiar in a new light.
- Like it just put me in a new light, new light.
Examples
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After discussing it with her mentor, she began to see the project in a new light.
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There is a need to consider the Eritrean question in a new light.
Academic text (1991) -
As if he was suddenly seeing me in a new light.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sometimes fiction forces us to look at things in a new light.
Fiction book (1995) -
My Latin American point of view had shown her details of her own culture in a new light.
Academic text (2000) -
The 40s is when one begins to see the past in a new light.
Blog text (31) -
You're constantly looking at life in a new light, I suppose.
Blog text (14) -
Our work with these students has led us to consider in a new light problems associated with validity and reliability in assessment.
Academic text (2002) -
As these students became engaged in showcasing their community to the world, they saw their hometown in a new light.
Academic text (2013) -
Prose read Anne's diary as a teen but saw it in a new light when she reread it as an adult.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
58
4.6
Again in a new way
15
3.7
A new way of looking at something
10
6.0
Looking at something from a certain point of view
9
4.0
A new way of looking at something that helps you see it differently
1
5.1
See something in a new way to understand it better
Antonyms
How Different
3
6.2
9
4.1
5
4.1
15
3.7
62
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines literal constituents ('in' + 'a' + 'new' + 'light') whose basic senses (location/way + new + light) suggest a change in how something is seen; this gives learners a clear metaphorical cue that the item is being considered from a different perspective. However, the use of 'light' to mean 'way of seeing/understanding' is a figurative extension that may not be fully predictable to all B1 learners without some exposure, so the transparency is partial.
Etymology
The idiom in a new light comes from the image of changing the light in a room: when you shine a different light on something you notice new details and sides you did not see before. So, the phrase means 'to see or think about someone or something differently'.