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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lite
adjective
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lite

Lite \Lite\ (l[imac]t), a., adv., & n. Little. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lite

alternative spelling of light (adj.1), by 1962. Used from at least 1917 in product names, often as a variation of light (n.).\n\nThe word Adjusto-Lite for portable electric lamps was opposed by the user of a trade mark Auto-lite registered before the date of use claimed by the applicant.

["The Trade-Mark Reporter," 1922]

Wiktionary
lite

Etymology 1

  1. 1 light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.: 2 lightweight 3 (informal spelling of light English) 4 (context usually used postpositively English) Lacking substance or seriousness. Etymology 2

    a. (context British dialect English) few; little n. (context British dialect English) A little, bit. Etymology 3

    n. (context British dialect English) The act of waiting; a wait. v

  2. 1 (context British dialect English) To expect; wait. 2 (context British dialect English) To rely.

WordNet
lite

adj. having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet" [syn: light, low-cal]

Wikipedia
Líté

Líté is a village and municipality ( obec) in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 211 (as at 3 July 2006).

Líté lies approximately north-west of Plzeň and west of Prague.

Lite (band)

Lite, stylized as LITE, is a Japanese rock band that has been termed "one of Japan's top instrumental rock acts." The band is made up of Nobuyuki Takeda (guitar), Kozo Kusumoto (guitar & synthesizer), Jun Izawa (bass), and Akinori Yamamoto (drums), and plays math rock. All of their albums have charted in Japan, with For All the Innocence charting the best, at number 85 on the Oricon chart.

Usage examples of "lite".

If mom was strong we coud lite out cross country but wed never get far with Child and the profets know it so they let me go out alone.

Beany went over to his house and set on the steps til his folks went in and shet the door and then we set on the fence under the gas lite and we herd Nat Weeks come home and mister Gewell and bimeby Si Smith shet up his store and then it begun to be loansum.

PR operatives, hangers-on and sub-celebrities Robert Culp and Vince Van Patten were perhaps the most dazzling stars in this pastel galaxy listened to the speeches, applauded zestlessly, and returned to their lite beers and tea-time vodka-tonics.

But when they were all gone from the Hall save they who were on the dais, the Hall-Sun took the waxen torch which she had litten and quenched at the departure of the host to battle, and now she once more kindled it at the flame of the wondrous Lamp, the HallSun.

Beany got prety scart and bimeby we opened the door esy and hipered round Ikes house and ran rite into old printer and he grabed us both by the neck and holered i have got the misable cusses and he draged us out to the lite and Bill and Brad said it is George Shutes boy and Irv Watsons boy and they shook us up lively.

Of their array: whoso list heare more, I shall rehearse so as I can a lite.

For there yet burneth the Hall-Sun beneath the Wolfing roof, And this flame is litten from it, nor as now shall it fare aloof Till again it seeth the mighty and the men to be gleaned from the fight.

Aunt Joyce and Uncle Lawton and Ms. Whitley all re, liTe that Uncle Joe has taught you how to respect others and be poliTe.

Certes this dream, which ye have mette tonight, Cometh of the great supefluity Of youre rede cholera,* pardie, *bile Which causeth folk to dreaden in their dreams Of arrows, and of fire with redde beams, Of redde beastes, that they will them bite, Of conteke,* and of whelpes great and lite.

Men dette er de prisene politiet bruker, og de har lite å gjøre med virkeligheten.

A male tweyfoold upon his croper lay, It semed that he caried lite array.

Poi per un po' parlò di una lite per questioni di droga, quando gli agenti della squadra antinarcotici avevano preso a calci entrambe le porte, quella principale e quella sul retro, dell'appartamento sopra a lei.

On it sat a pink Lava Lite, a halogen desk lamp, and a hundred or so compact disk holders spread around him in a semicircle.

Thers nobodi aroun & its very coald indeed & thi lite is very wyt & intens & washd out lookin.

I don't mean to single out the Miller company, but you may be interested to know that Miller Lite contains propylene glycol alginate, water, barley malt, corn syrup, chemically modified hop extracts, yeast, amyloglucosidase, carbon dixoide, papain enzyme, liquid sugar, potassium metabisulfite, and Emka-malt, whatever that is.