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lit
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
lit
lit
(noun)
light
(verb)
1
lit
/
ˈ
lɪt/
1
lit
/
ˈ
lɪt/
Britannica Dictionary definition of LIT
past tense and past participle of
3
light
2
lit
/
ˈ
lɪt/
noun
2
lit
/
ˈ
lɪt/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of LIT
[
noncount
]
informal
:
literature
I signed up to take a course in American/English
lit
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