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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง light = ‘LAHYT’

ออกเสียง Lit = ‘LIT’ 

 

NECTEC’s Lexitron-2 Dictionary

ให้คำแปล light = N. ความสว่าง VT. ติด/จุด ไฟ VI.+Adj. สว่าง

ให้คำแปล LIT = กริยา ช่อง สอง และ สาม ของ กริยา light

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Lighted & lit

The past tense of light is lighted or lit.

Thus, it is correct to say. “Bill lighted a cigar”and “Bill lit a cigar.”

Take your choice; one is as standard as the other.

True, you are more likely to refer to 

a “lighted cigarette” than a “lit cigarette,”

 

But you are also more likely to say

“Bill lit the match” than “Bill lighted the match.”

 

Since light  may also mean “to descend” or “to land,”

either lighted or lit may be used to refer to

all things that come down, whether planes, snow, or birds:

“The bird lighted (or lit)  on the roof.”

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for light

Adjective

EASY, FACILE, SIMPLE, LIGHT, EFFORTLESS, SMOOTH

 

EASY mean not demanding effort or involving difficulty.

is applicable either to persons or things imposing tasks 

or to activity required by such tasks. 

an easy college course

 

FACILE, often adds to EASY the connotation of 

undue haste or shallowness. 

facile answers to complex questions

 

SIMPLE stresses ease in understanding or dealing with 

because complication is absent. 

a simple problem in arithmetic

 

LIGHT stresses freedom from what is burdensome. 

a light teaching load

 

EFFORTLESS stresses the appearance of ease and usually implies 

the prior attainment of artistry or expertness. 

moving with effortless grace

 

SMOOTH stresses the absence or removal of all difficulties, hardships, or obstacles. 

a smooth ride

 

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

Usage Note:

Lighted and lit are equally acceptable 

as past tense and past participle of light.

 

Both forms are also well established as adjectives: 

a lighted (or lit) candle.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Word History

An illuminating history of Lite

over the century English has lit upon many things

 

What to Know

 

In Old English,

 

lite was used as a noun and adjective meaning “little.” 

 

In Middle English 

 

it was a verb meaning “to wait, expect,” 

and, later, “to rely, trust.” 

In the early 20th century, 

 

lite started being used as a simplified spelling of light 

(Auto-Lite, Kwik-Lite), 

 

and today it is generally used as an adjective 

 

in connection to food and beverages (lite yogurt), 

or to denote a harmless or unthreatening version of something.

 

With the abundance of commercial products 

available for purchase labeled "lite," 

the word is commonplace and generally accepted 

without criticism or, as is likely, without thought of its history 

in the English language. 

Centuries before being ubiquitously seen on store shelves 

and in freezer and refrigerator cases, 

it was read in medieval texts—however, with different meanings.

 

The history of today's lite is a light read 

but its past homographs give it considerable weight. 

The History of 'Lite'

The first glimmer of lite occurs in Old English 

as a noun and adjective meaning "little." 

 

Medieval storyteller Geoffrey Chaucer 

was familiar with the uses, penning lines 

such as "And seist thou hast to lite and he hath al" 

and "And ever it wastith lyte and lyte away." 

 

Another lite begins to shine in Middle English, 

a verb meaning "to wait, expect" and, later, "to rely, trust." 

 

Here is an example of the "wait" sense 

from an 18th-century Englishman's diary: 

"calld at Boby and lited but stayed very little,

 

calld at Grange, where lited, from thence came home 

about 4 in the Evening." 

 

An example of the "rely" sense is "He lited on her" 

(like rely, it is often followed by on). 

 

These homographs of lite have since been extinguished 

except in a couple of dialects

 

Modern Day 'Lite'

 

In Modern English, 

lite takes on new meaning as a simplified spelling of light 

in some of its familiar noun and adjective meanings, 

beginning with its use as a word for a source of illumination. 

 

Usage evidence of such comes from casual writing 

as well as literary where it is often used in dialect:

 

It is in the start of the 20th century that 

lite gains specialized use in the marketplace, 

appearing as a word element 

meaning "light" in commercial brand names. 

 

Early examples are Prest-O-Lite (an acetylene-fueled headlight),

 

Auto-Lite (a spark plug), and Kwik-Lite (a flashlight). 

 

By mid-century, it is firmly established as an attention-getting equivalent to light, as both a noun and adjective, 

that people in marketing and advertising 

begin to exploit in their describing and naming of products. 

Nite as a word for night was also so used 

at the time especially in the names of nightclubs: 

 

Today, this "marketing" lite, along with light, 

is commonly attached to food or beverage items 

made with a lower calorie content 

or with less of some ingredient 

(such as salt, fat, or alcohol) than usual. 

 

Some examples are lite popcorn, lite ham, lite yogurt, 

lite salad dressing, lite juice, and lite beer. 

 

When used as an element in a brand name, 

it is often placed postpositively

—that is, at end of another word.

 

Lite is also applied in the proper names 

of a wide range of non-food/drink products 

from technology, construction, cosmetology, etc., 

to convey that 

they are lighter or simpler in some way 

than the original version. 

 

For example, 

there are the space-saving Facebook Lite 

and Twitter Lite apps 

as well as lightweight joint compounds 

and hair products labeled, often postpositively, lite.

 

Besides modifying the names of commercial products, 

lite is used as an adjective in general 

meanings influenced by those of light. 

It can be seen or heard as a word that 

indicates a person or thing is a harmless 

or unthreatening version of someone or something. 

 

For instance, a U.S. president might be called "Roosevelt Lite" (referring to the 20th-century notable President Franklin D. Roosevelt) or a social system might be called "Communism-lite." 

 

Lite can also convey that 

something has less than the usual substance or value 

when compared to others of the same kind: 

 

e.g., "an action-lite movie climax"; 

"a science-lite explanation"; 

"a Conservative politician with Liberal-lite views." 

 

One final note: 

lite describes an easy-listening style of music, 

as in "lite jazz" or "lite satellite radio."

 

We think we have now met our promise to give a worthwhile, 

light read that is not exactly information-lite. 

 

Ah, if only learning something new was always so light and easy. 

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Words We’re Washing

It’s Lit

An old slang word made new again

Update: 

This meaning was added in January 2021.

If you watched the Olympics and were on Twitter, 

you likely know that comedian Leslie Jones 

was posting her own commentary. 

 

The universal consensus: Leslie’s commentary was lit.

 

Older Slang Usage of Lit

The slang lit has a long history. 

Its earliest meaning is “intoxicated,” 

and that shows up in English as far back as the 1910s:

 

This particular use of lit comes from 

the original use of lit to refer to something 

that is illumined or has light shining on it 

(from the past tense of the verb light). 

 

It sounds like a semantic stretch, but it’s not: 

lit and lit up are often used to refer to 

the look on someone’s face when they are suddenly 

made happy by something, 

and there’s no denying that many people 

feel or look similarly happy when under the influence.

 

Though the “drunk” meaning of lit 

has a pedigree stretching back over a century, 

it is still considered slang: 

 

it doesn’t have the same sort of all-purpose use that drunk does, 

and it still shows up generally in very informal settings, 

like speech and rap lyrics. 

 

In fact, the “intoxicated” sense of lit 

has had a resurgence of use among a new generation of youth 

thanks in no small part to rap.

New Meaning of Lit

Rap has also given us a new meaning of lit. 

 

In the last ten or so years, 

lit has transitioned from being applied to the act of intoxicating ("gonna get lit") to the environment of those who are lit ("party's lit").

 

The wildness of such parties has led 

to lit gaining the meaning “exciting,” 

as well as a broader meaning along the lines of “excellent” 

(“Leslie Jones's commentary on the Olympics was lit"). 

 

We have evidence of 

the “exciting” and “excellent” meanings way back to 2004, 

and earlier use is likely—slang is 

often spoken long before it’s written down. 

 

This extended meaning of lit 

is a favorite on social media like Twitter:

 

Unlike the earlier “intoxicated sense,” 

this meaning is just starting to make the leap 

from personal messages to edited prose.