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    [Adjective]  | "lite" | \ ˈlīt \


    1: light

    2: diminished or lacking in substance or seriousness; specifically : being an innocuous or unthreatening version —often used postpositively


    Origin: 1962 ;

    [Noun combining form]  | "-lite" 


    1: mineral : rock : fossil


    Origin: 

     Borrowed from French, respelling of earlier -lithe, borrowed from Greek líthos "stone, rock," of obscure origin;

      * Note : As pointed out by the Oxford English Dictionary, first edition, the acceptability of the non-classical spelling -lite for -lithe or -lith may have been advanced by the long-established word {chrysolite|chrysolite}.;

    [Noun combining form]  | "-lyte" 


    1: substance capable of undergoing (such) decomposition


    Origin: 

     Greek lytos that may be untied, soluble, from lyein;

    [Adjective]  | "lite" 


    1: as in light;




     [ "lite" ]

    1: Light--20% fewer letters, same great pronunciation!

      * e.g.,  ... Your local community college--University Lite. 


     [ "lite" ]

    2: Used to describe a new product or trend that is healthier, cheaper, or wussier (but rarely all three) than the original.


     [ "lite" ]

    3: See Miller Lite, Kazaa Lite, lite rock.


     [ "lite" ]

    4: In its proper use, lite should appear AFTER the noun it is modifying. This gives the term an appropriately quirky feel.

     [ "lite" ]

    1: a term generally famous among Indian engineering students for referring to something unimportant or something which is not worth paying attention to

      * e.g.,  ... "I am so sorry I forgot your birthday." 

     [ "Lite" ]

    1: A once powerful word thrown in to keep shit chill but was recently misused without context and destroyed by a legend. This was one of the biggest oofs mankind has witnessed till date.

      * e.g.,  ... A:Hey, we should go for a movie sometime. Lamba:Lite 

     [ "Lite-On" ]

    1: Tiwanese makers of the greatest CD-RW drives in the world. Highly reccomended by computer gamers, hackers and CD-R traders for their high quality, speed and super fast burning on all kinds of CD-R media. Usually sells for less than other Plextor, TDK, HP and Sony burners.

      * e.g.,  ... This Lite-On 52X burned a whole 70 minute CD-R in two minutes, thirty-five seconds! 

     [ "lite" ]

    1: A scaled-down version of a software product, offering only a limited set of features, often free, otherwise much cheaper than the full product. This is often used as a way of getting buyers who are interested to pay for the full product when they wish to use the features that the lite version does not support. Sometimes there is a lite version of a product that even has a free version with more features, but not everybody requires these features.

      * e.g.,  ... BuzzSoft Lite (made-up example) 

     [ "lite" ]

    1: take it eazy, let it go, dont bother yourself

      * e.g.,  ... A: I think we'll be punished for this. 


     [ "lite" ]

    2: a very popular word in Hyderabad, India.

      * e.g.,  ... B:lite. nuthing will happen. 

     [ "Lite" ]

    1: Describes something that is awesome or cool.

      * e.g.,  ... Those shoes are lite. Have you seen the new game design? Yeah it’s lite. 

     [ "lite" ]

    1: -(light)- something that is easily done or accomplished

      * e.g.,  ... -dam nigga, you be reppin 250 easy 


     [ "lite" ]

    2: -not much

      * e.g.,  ... -suttin lite 

     [ "lite" ]

    1: (noun) a match or lighter

      * e.g.,  ... Yo man lemme get a lite so i can spark up this blunt. 

     [ "lite" ]

    1: A shortened version of light, meaning having less weight substance.

      * e.g.,  ... <place example here> 

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