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  lect

  noun

  a distinct variety of a language, as a standard variety or a nonstandard regional dialect.
• lect.
  lect.

  abbreviation

  lecture.

lect

¹ American  

[lekt] / lɛkt /

noun

Linguistics.

1. a distinct variety of a language, as a standard variety or a nonstandard regional dialect.

   Without a central academy to govern usage, Standard English accepts more variation in grammar and lexicon than the standard lects of other languages.

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lect. ² American  

abbreviation

1. lecture.

2. lecturer.

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Etymology

Origin of lect

First recorded in 1970–75; (dia)lect ( def. )

Example Sentences

I am not the first to ref lect on the roots of “Funes the Memorious” and its possible interpretations.

From Scientific American • Nov. 5, 2012

For one thing, the non-struck automakers are no longer paying workers' U.A.W. dues directly to the union, and the U.A.W. finds it difficult to col lect from the boys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Efficiens autem est causa causalitatis et materiae et formae.”—ibid., lect.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Niebuhr, Lectures on the History of Rome, lect.

From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

Now, how these have been unhinged and infringed, by the introduction and present establishment by law of that monster of the prerogative, enacted in Parliament anno 1661, the apologetic relation doth abundantly demonstrate, lect.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander