lite

Adjective

lite (not comparable)

1. (usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
2. Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.

   His lite dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with lite ranch dressing.

3. Lightweight
4. Informal spelling of light.

   My favorite color is lite blue!

5. (usually used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
   • 2003 March 6, “Reform Lite”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

     this compromise bill is reform lite. It is both more palatable to nursing home owners and less protective of elderly patients

   • 2006, Alfie Kohn, Beyond discipline: from compliance to community, page 42:

     If there is a difference between doing this to a child and engaging in old-fashioned punishment, it is at best a quantitative rather than a qualitative difference. What Dreikurs and his followers are selling is Punishment Lite.

   • 2010 April 8, “Sovereign debt crisis at 'boiling point', warns Bank for International Settlements”, in Telegraph.co.uk:

     The analysis bolsters claims by the Tories that markets will not wait patiently as Britain draws up leisurely plans for austerity-lite

Noun

lite (plural lites)

1. Archaic form of light (“window or aperture in a building”).
2. (architecture) A window pane

Noun

lite (uncountable)

1. (British, dialect) A little, bit.

Adjective

lite (comparative liter, superlative litest)

1. (British, dialect) few; little

Verb

lite (third-person singular simple present lites, present participle liting, simple past and past participle lited)

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

Noun

lite (plural lites)

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

Synonyms

• laat m (cognate)
• lijfeigene m

Related terms

• litigare
• litighio
• litigio