lat
noun
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
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1 American
[laht]
/ lɑt /
noun
lats,
plural
lati
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lat
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[lat]
/ læt /
noun
Informal.
lât
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[laht]
/ lɑt /
noun
Architecture.
lat.
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Lat.
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Lat.
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lat.
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Etymology
Origin of lat1
1920–25; < Latvian lats, equivalent to Lat ( vija ) Latvia + -s nominative singular noun ending
Origin of lat2
By shortening
Origin of lât3
First recorded in 1790–1800, lât is from the Hindi word lāṭ, lāṭh
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McVay told reporters that Williams sustained an injury similar to a lat strain against the Jaguars and might not play against the Saints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
It pales to Santos as well, whose right lat strain has halted any hard timetable on him suiting up for the M’s.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Hancock, 24, left Sunday’s start vs. the Astros after feeling his lat tighten up after two innings of work.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
It included a lat pull-down, chest press, leg extensions, and cable-curl bar.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
It seemed in the end i lat the only thing he could do was to wait and hope that Uncle Andrew and the Witch would cone back.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
A statement of our latitude and longitude on different days will best indicate the general course of our drift: May 1st, 80° 46′ N. lat.;
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof
The sugar-maple begins a little north of Lake St. John, in Canada, near 48° of north lat., which, in the rigour of its winter, corresponds to 68° of Europe.
From The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 by Various
He made another stay at Angra das Voltas, in 29° S. lat., immediately after passing the Orange River.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de
Supplem. ad Exempla codd. lat., pl. lviii-lviii a.93 120.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
In 59° S. lat. masses of ice were encountered, compelling the explorers to give up the south-western route, in which direction they had noted signs of the existence of land.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
Abom′inable, hateful: detestable, an old spelling is Abhom′inable, to agree with a fancied etymology in Lat. ab homine.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The Indo-European root is seen in Lat. gramen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The word “currier,” though early confused in origin with “to curry,” is derived from the Late Lat. coriarius, a leather dresser, from corium, hide.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Panamoyan in about 7° 50′ N. Lat. a spur strikes eastwards at right angles to the range, reaching half-way across the valley.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
They are all ultimately to be referred to the Lat. gaudere, to rejoice, gaudium, joy, some of them directly, others to the French derivative gaudir, to rejoice, and O. Fr. gaudie.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Listener chatter from Rebecca Vernon: Marisa lati for The Washington Post: “In a massive Chinese sinkhole, scientists find a secret forest”
From Slate ● May 26, 2022
Genitive of 'i'; frequently used as the accusative - e.g. cams tu lati, do you love her?
From Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by Borrow, George Henry
In 12 games with Buffalo, Jackson has been in on 22 tackles, recovered a fumble and enjoyed his first college career sack in a 30-27 overtime loss to Kent State lats month.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
They require nothing more than a bar, and engage at least a dozen muscles, from the lats all the way to the glutes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
“I think a good punch starts from your feet,” Cosmi said, explaining that a solid base allows power to transfer from the ground to his lats to his hands.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2021
He also only ranks 119th in the field this week for Shots Gained Tee 2 Green over the lats 2 months.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 25, 2019
He was wiry, with developed deltoids and lats: possibly a rock climber, definitely not a weight-room guy.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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