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How to pronounce lit in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lighted


a lit firecracker.
Type Words
Synonyms literature
Type of literary study


he took a course in Russian lit.
Type Words
Synonyms illuminated, lighted, well-lighted


a brightly lit room.

Examples of lit

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The Coliseum Cafe is a dimly lit, barely decorated and much-beloved institution.
From the online.wsj.com
The Smart Girl Politics group, which then had around 400 active members, lit up.
From the online.wsj.com
Rookie Magnus Paajarvi lit the lamp for Edmonton, which has lost seven of eight.
From the sacbee.com
The cellar was cold and barely lit, and oak barrels were stacked up the ceiling.
From the businessweek.com
There was a beautiful bird guide, and they lit up and got it, and off they went.
From the courier-journal.com
I rented a corner in the old town, lit an open fire, and for three days I wrote.
From the guardian.co.uk
When lit at night, it's like being on the dance floor from Saturday Night Fever.
From the independent.co.uk
The fuse had been lit causing the mail to start on fire, which caused the smoke.
From the suntimes.com
In the ceremony, a flame believed to be miraculously lit emanates from the tomb.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Illuminated: provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"
  • Literature: the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"
  • Lighted: set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker"
  • Lit is Lit's fourth album, and their first all-new disc in three years. It also marks the first album issued by their new label Nitrus Records/DRT Entertainment. (During their three year hiatus, they split with RCA Records. ...
  • Lit is a punk rock band, based in Fullerton, California. They released several singles in the late 1990s and early 2000s including their #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".
  • Microsoft Reader is a Microsoft program for the reading of e-books.
  • LIT (School of Darkness in Japan) is a video game by WayForward Technologies for WiiWare. The game is directed by Adam Tierney and co-designed by Tierney and Mark Bozon. It was released in North America on February 9, 2009.
  • Abbreviated form of literature; To run, or light; lighted; intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned; Sexually aroused (usually a female), especially visibly sexually aroused (e.g., labial swelling is present)
  • Word or phrase which is (especially) literary or poetic