1
: a light with a reflector and special lens mounted on the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead
also
: the beam cast by a headlight
2
: a light worn on the forehead (as of a miner or physician)
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Once the handbrake is off, the headlights are too bright for India.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Air vents and spoilers paid homage to the 250 GTO of years before, while the wide body fender flares and quad daytime running lights mounted below the flip-up headlights.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Hyundai's first images of the new Palisade reveal it as having a new, bold grille flanked by LED headlights.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Because of that design, the luminosity of precise areas of the headlight can be limited while the overall brightness is pushed up, up, up.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Air vents and spoilers paid homage to the 250 GTO of years before, while the wide body fender flares and quad daytime running lights mounted below the flip-up headlights.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Hyundai's first images of the new Palisade reveal it as having a new, bold grille flanked by LED headlights.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Because of that design, the luminosity of precise areas of the headlight can be limited while the overall brightness is pushed up, up, up.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Headlight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headlight. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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headlight
noun
head·light
ˈhed-ˌlīt 
: a light on the front of a vehicle
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