lat
noun
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
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lat
1 American
[laht]
/ lɑt /
noun
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lats,
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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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Noun Inflected Forms
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
He suffered a season-ending lat strain in his third start.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
The former first-round pick in 2020 had the start to last season delayed due to a lat strain that he suffered during a minor league minicamp in February.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
Dodgers: Placed RHP Michael Grove on the 15-day injured list with right lat tightness and recalled LHP Bryan Hudson from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
She wondered about his lat workouts and his all-cash payments.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
She stretcheth away to the North as far as 36, or sometimes into 40 degrees of North lat. before she gets a Wind to stand over to the American shoar.
Hitherto it had been supposed that the country was uninhabited beyond 75° N. lat., and the travellers were therefore greatly surprised to see a whole tribe of Esquimaux arrive by way of the ice.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by N. D'Anvers
There are Kariens as far south as 11° North lat. and there are Kariens as far north as 25° North lat.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Mark Azimuth N or S according to the lat. in and E or W, according as to whether the Star is East or West of your meridian.
From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
He wished to advance southward between 41° to 46° S. lat. up to 140° west longitude, and if he found no land, to steer towards Tahiti, which was appointed as the place of rendezvous.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Léon Benett
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
GROSS, properly thick, bulky, the meaning of the Late Lat. grossus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
Thus the cognate words of kindred languages show that the Lat. anser “goose” ought to begin with h, but nowhere is it so found.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Lyæus brevipennis, Lat., also ordinarily occurs with abbreviated hemelytra; but it has been found with them perfect by Westwood, as well as with metathoracic wings.
From On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera by Thomas Vernon Wollaston
It is thus used to translate the Lat. meta, the boundary pillar, set one at each end of the circus to mark the turning-point.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 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 George Henry Borrow
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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