low beam

noun

Meaning

The setting on a vehicle's headlights that directs light downward and toward the right to illuminate the road immediately ahead without glaring into the eyes of oncoming traffic.

Examples

Please switch to your low beams since there is heavy traffic on this road.
The car's low beam setting provides enough visibility for driving through well-lit urban areas.

Synonyms: dipped headlights, passing beam

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low beam

noun

Pronunciation: /loʊ biːm/

Definition

The setting on a vehicle's headlights that directs light downward and toward the right to illuminate the road immediately ahead without glaring into the eyes of oncoming traffic.

Examples

Please switch to your low beams since there is heavy traffic on this road.
The car's low beam setting provides enough visibility for driving through well-lit urban areas.

How to Use low beam

on low beam (prepositional phrase): the state of having the low beam headlights activated — "Keep your headlights on low beam while driving through the tunnel."
switch to low beam (collocation): the action of changing from high beam to low beam — "You should switch to low beam immediately when you see another car approaching."

Synonyms of low beam

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Antonyms of low beam

Words with the opposite meaning to low beam:

high beam

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