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lied

1 American  
[lahyd] / laɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of lie.

lied 2 American  
[leed, leet] / lid, lit /

noun

plural

lieder

  1. a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership.

    Schubert lieder.
lied British  
/ liːt, liːd /

noun

  1. music any of various musical settings for solo voice and piano of a romantic or lyrical poem, for which composers such as Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf are famous

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Etymology

Origin of lied

Borrowed into English from German around 1850–55

Example Sentences

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"Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew," he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees and lied to the public about what they knew,” he said.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Smith said he showed jurors that Moore lied when the ex-chief, who retired in 2024, testified that he hadn’t sought to overrule a disciplinary panel’s decision in Mehringer’s case.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

He lost his seat in the Commons after an extraordinary legal tussle – a very rarely convened election court ruled he had lied about his Liberal Democrat opponent.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

“I did subprime first. I lived with the worst first. These guys lied to infinity. What I learned from that experience was that Wall Street didn’t give a shit what it sold.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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