lit

¹

[lit]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of light.

adjective

1. Slang.,  under the influence of liquor or narcotics; intoxicated (usually followed byup ).

2. Slang.,  amazing; awesome; cool (used as a general term of approval).

   Today's rally was really lit!

lit

²

[lit]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of light.

lit

³

[lit]

noun

Informal.

1. literature.

   a college course in English lit.

lit

⁴

[lit]

noun

1. litas.

lit.

⁵

abbreviation

1. liter; liters.

2. literal.

3. literally.

4. literary.

5. literature.

Lit.

⁶

abbreviation

1. (in Italy) lira; lire.

lit.

¹

abbreviation

1. literal(ly)

2. literary

3. literature

lit

²

/ lɪt /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of light 1

2. an alternative past tense and past participle of light 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of lit.¹

First recorded in 1895–1900 in the sense “intoxicated”

Origin of lit.²

First recorded in 1850–55; by shortening

Example Sentences

PC Rue noted that as the car headlights went on, they lit up the red edge of carriageway markers of the gentle left-hand bend of the road ahead.

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The perimeter is a lit walkway that allows goods to flow in and out of the building.

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Guests lit up with childish excitement and impatience.

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As she rearranges books in the town's brightly lit library, Jacqueline Garrahan says she feels betrayed by a president she believed would embody change.

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His frame is lit from within, head-to-toe, by argon trapped in electrified tubes shaped to resemble the human circulatory system, making his soul visible.

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