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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lite /laɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - Winean informal, simplified spelling of light (in the sense "having fewer calories or less of a certain ingredient than the standard product''), used esp. in labeling, naming, or advertising products:lite beer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lite (līt),USA pronunciation adj. - Winean informal, simplified spelling of light 2 (defs. 12, 13), used esp. in labeling or advertising commercial products:lite beer.
n. - Winelight2 (def. 37).
lite′ness, n. -lite, - a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils:aerolite; chrysolite.Also, -lyte 2.Cf. -lith.
- Greek líthos stone; similarly German -lit, earlier -lith
- French, simplified form of -lithe
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lite /laɪt/ adj - (of food and drink) containing few calories or little alcohol or fat
- denoting a more restrained or less extreme version of a person or thing: reggae lite
Etymology: 20th Century: variant spelling of light² Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -lite n combining form - (in names of minerals) stone: chrysolite
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Etymology: from French -lite or -lithe, from Greek lithos stone |