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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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