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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

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lect lect.

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

See our Sketch of a General History of Philosophy, 2d Series, vol. ii., lect.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin

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 Alexander Shields

This yere grows from a business transaction; an' the effort tharfrom to improve on present conditions, institoot a reign of law, an' lect a jedge.

From Wolfville by Alfred Henry Lewis

Eus., lect., subscr., στίχ.; probably once contained all the New Testament.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Am., lect., containing Luke xxiii. 38-50; xxiv. 46-53; John i. 30-iii.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Eus., lect., pict., syn., men., once belonging to the Bonvisi family, then transferred to the Public Library at Lucca.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Eus., lect., subscr., the leaves utterly disarranged by the binder.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Prol. to Epistles, lect., but not much in the Gospels, before each of which stands a blank leaf, as if for pict.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener