lestconjunction
uk/lest/us/lest/literaryin order to prevent any possibility that something will happen:
They were afraid to complain about the noise lest they annoyed the neighbours.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which express a condition
- assuming (that)
- at
- at the risk of doing sth idiom
- even
- grant
- if
- long
- provided (that)
- risk
- suppose
- unless
- whether