Lite Definition

līt
adjective
litest
Webster's New World
Having fewer calories or less of an ingredient than a food or beverage of the same kind.
Lite beer; lite salt.
American Heritage
Having less weight than others of the same kind.
Lite trucks.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Less serious, severe, difficult, or extensive than others of the same kind.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
suffix
Stone; mineral; fossil.
Coprolite.
American Heritage
affix
Stone.
Chrysolite, cryolite.
Webster's New World
noun

(UK, dialect) A little, bit.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary
verb

(UK, dialect) To expect; wait.

Wiktionary

(UK, dialect) To rely.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lite

Adjective

Base Form:
lite
Superlative:
litest

Origin of Lite

  • From Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta (“to rely on, trust, abide by"). Cognate with Icelandic hlíta (“to comply"), Swedish lita (“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in"), Danish lide (“to trust").

    From Wiktionary

  • French alteration of -lithe from Greek lithos stone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English lit, lut (“little"), from Old English lȳt

    From Wiktionary

  • Variation of light (“light-weight, diet")

    From Wiktionary

  • Fr, for -lithe: see -lith

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Alteration of light

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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