LIT (litai)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: litai   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lit mean? 

• LIT (noun)
  The noun LIT has 1 sense:

1. the humanistic study of a body of literature

  Familiarity information: LIT used as a noun is very rare.

• LIT (adjective)
  The adjective LIT has 2 senses:

1. provided with artificial light

2. set afire or burning

  Familiarity information: LIT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The humanistic study of a body of literature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

lit; literature

Context example:

he took a course in Russian lit

Hypernyms ("lit" is a kind of...):

literary study (the humanistic study of literature)

Domain category:

literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)

• LIT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provided with artificial light

Synonyms:

illuminated; lighted; lit; well-lighted

Context example:

a well-lighted stairwell

Similar:

light (characterized by or emitting light)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set afire or burning

Synonyms:

lighted; lit

Context example:

a lit firecracker

Similar:

ablaze; afire; aflame; aflare; alight; on fire (lighted up by or as by fire or flame)

enkindled; ignited; kindled (set afire)

 Context examples 

The area of your chart that will be so lit up for you rules distant foreign travel to locations that require a passport to enter.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He lit the two candles which stood upon the mantelpiece, and then he proceeded to turn back the corner of the carpet in the neighbourhood of the door.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I sprang up and lit the lamp, but nothing was to be seen in the room.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Quincey seemed to understand; he nodded, and her face lit up.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He sat opposite to me, and lit a cigarette in his old, nonchalant manner.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes lit his pipe and handed me his pouch.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Suddenly, however, his eyes lit upon the fierce faces which glared out at him from the brushwood.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Light from the blast that created the remnant lit up skies above Earth in 1987.

(Star Explosion is Lopsided, NASA)

One of the largest observing campaigns to date using data from a world-wide array of telescopes, have revealed this frozen, dimly lit world.

(Super-Earth Discovered Around Barnard's Star, ESO)

At first, when the researchers set the MRI to see blood vessels, the dura lit up brightly, and they could not see any signs of the lymphatic system.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)