1
: light entry 4 sense 9a
lite beer
lite salad dressing
2
: diminished or lacking in substance or seriousness
lite news
specifically
: being an innocuous or unthreatening version
—often used postpositively
it is film noir lite —
James Greenberg
James Greenberg
: mineral
rhodolite
: rock
aerolite
: fossil
stromatolite
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
Throughout Saya, Gray constructs a world of sonic surrealism — seamlessly melding swirling harp, taut acoustic guitars, and warm piano tones with glitchy beats and lite-industrial bass lines.
—Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The lite version was expected to expand Apple's audience by offering a more accessible entry point into spatial computing, albeit with reduced functionality.
—Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
His woozy, Max B–lite melodies, hustler’s spirit raps that could work in classic Vado freestyles, and Dyckman shoutouts create a link between his Auto-Tune experiments and the fly party rap that’s been coming out of New York since the birth of hip-hop.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The catch is that SpaceX is only offering the lite plan in about 15 US states, including Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Minnesota, and New Mexico, where the company appears to have additional capacity for the Starlink network.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025
Throughout Saya, Gray constructs a world of sonic surrealism — seamlessly melding swirling harp, taut acoustic guitars, and warm piano tones with glitchy beats and lite-industrial bass lines.
—Gabrielle MacAfee, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The lite version was expected to expand Apple's audience by offering a more accessible entry point into spatial computing, albeit with reduced functionality.
—Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
His woozy, Max B–lite melodies, hustler’s spirit raps that could work in classic Vado freestyles, and Dyckman shoutouts create a link between his Auto-Tune experiments and the fly party rap that’s been coming out of New York since the birth of hip-hop.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Lite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lite. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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