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(usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product. examples
Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially. examples
Lightweight examples
Informal spelling of light. examples
(usually used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down. quotations examples
this compromise bill is reform lite. It is both more palatable to nursing home owners and less protective of elderly patients
2003 March 6, “Reform Lite”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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.
2006, Alfie Kohn, Beyond discipline: from compliance to community, page 42
The analysis bolsters claims by the Tories that markets will not wait patiently as Britain draws up leisurely plans for austerity-lite
2010 April 8, “Sovereign debt crisis at 'boiling point', warns Bank for International Settlements”, in Telegraph.co.uk
plural lites
Archaic form of light (“window or aperture in a building”). examples
(architecture) A window pane examples
uncountable
(Britain, dialect) A little, bit. examples
comparative liter, superlative litest
(Britain, dialect) few; little examples
third-person singular simple present lites, present participle liting, simple past and past participle lited
(Britain, dialect) To expect; wait. examples
(Britain, dialect) To rely. examples
(Britain, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait. examples