LITE

light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

lite (not comparable)

Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.

Lightweight

Informal spelling of light.

(usually, used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.

Noun

lite (plural lites)

Archaic form of light. (window or aperture in a building)

Etymology 2

Noun

lite (uncountable)

(British, dialect) A little, bit.

Adjective

lite (comparative liter, superlative litest)

(British, dialect) few; little

Etymology 3

Verb

lite (third-person singular simple present lites, present participle liting, simple past and past participle lited)

(British, dialect) To expect; wait.

(British, dialect) To rely.

Noun

lite (plural lites)

(British, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.

Anagrams

• IELT, Tiel, teil, tiel, tile

Source: Wiktionary


Lite, a., adv., & n.

Definition: Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-lith, -lite.

Definition: Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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