lite

[lahyt] Example Sentences Origin

lite

[lahyt]
adjective
1.
an informal, simplified spelling of light2 (defs. 12, 13), used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products: lite beer.
noun
2.
light2 (def. 36).

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Lite is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
lite·ness, noun

lite, light.
Example Sentences
  • Not surprisingly many developers are releasing lite versions of their paid apps for free.
  • Besides, that is an opinion piece and a bit lite on facts.
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-lite

a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils: aerolite; chrysolite.
Also, -lyte2.
Compare -lith.


Origin:
< French, simplified form of -lithe < Greek líthos stone; similarly German -lit, earlier -lith
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lite (laɪt)
 
adj
1.  (of food and drink) containing few calories or little alcohol or fat
2.  denoting a more restrained or less extreme version of a person or thing: reggae lite
 
[C20: variant spelling of light²]

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-lite
comb. form meaning "stone," from Fr. -lite, variant of -lithe, from Gk. lithos "stone."
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lite definition

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(Misspelling of "light", when used to mean "lightweight") A suffix denoting a scaled-down or crippled product, often designed to be distributed without charge, e.g. on a magazine coverdisk. An example is pklite.
(1995-10-06)

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