What does LIT mean?

Definitions for LIT
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. literature, litadjective

    the humanistic study of a body of literature

    "he took a course in Russian lit"

  2. illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lightedadjective

    provided with artificial light

    "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"

  3. lighted, litadjective

    set afire or burning

    "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Litthe preterite of light;

    whether to light signifies to happen, or to set on fire, or guide with light.

    Believe thyself, thy eyes,
    That first inflam’d, and lit me to thy love,
    Those stars, that still must guide me to my joy. Thomas Southerne.

    I lit my pipe with the paper. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

Wikipedia

  1. Lit

    Lit is a song by DJs Steve Aoki and Yellow Claw. It features rapper Gucci Mane and singer T-Pain. It is a single from his 2017 album Kolony.

ChatGPT

  1. lit

    "Lit" is a slang term commonly used by the young generation to describe something as exciting, excellent, high-quality, or fun. It originated from referring to someone being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, as in their minds were "lit up" but has now evolved to more general usage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lit

    of Light

  2. Lit

    of Light

  3. Lit

    a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light

Wikidata

  1. Lit

    Lit is an alternative rock band, based in Fullerton, California. They released several singles in the late 1990s and early 2000s including their No. 1 hit "My Own Worst Enemy", "Miserable", "Zip-Lock", "Over My Head", "Lipstick and Bruises", "Addicted", "Looks Like They Were Right", and "Times Like This".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lit

    pa.t. and pa.p. of light, lighten, light, to alight.

Editors Contribution

  1. litadjective

    super fun, amazing, nice, cool

    "This party is going to be lit!"


    Submitted by Bgalas on October 23, 2022  

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    Song lyrics by lit -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by lit on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. LIT

    What does LIT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LIT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

  3. Lit

    Lighted vs. Lit -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Lighted and Lit.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LIT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lit is ranked #96799 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lit surname appeared 188 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lit.

    63.8% or 120 total occurrences were White.
    30.3% or 57 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.6% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'LIT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4044

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIT in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of LIT in a Sentence

  1. Mike Castaldo:

    She had a really good spirit. She always had a smile on her face. Always lit up when she saw you. Always gave you a big hug, but I think most of her identity was, you know, outside on the bike, enjoying the outdoors was her thing.

  2. Patrick McGehee:

    I wasn't sure what was going on, if it was some kind of spiritual event or what, the whole sky lit up like somebody lit up a lightbulb.

  3. Marichal Brown:

    Marichal Brown spilled gasoline on the floor on purpose, then set the nozzle up and lit a match to it and set it all on fire, as a man just pulled up to pump gas.

  4. Eric Poppleton:

    We were just trying stuff. It wasn't lit. It was raw, just like those guys, photographically, I just laid on the ground and looked up and all these guys stood over me with a gun.

  5. David Mowery:

    It all kind of starts with 2015 : President Trump has a rally in Mobile with Jeff Sessions. And that was the spark that lit the flame that propelled President Trump to the nomination, to the presidency.

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