"LAT" meaning in English

See LAT in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} LAT (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of living apart together, describing people in an intimate relationship who live at different addresses. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: living apart together, describing people in an intimate relationship who live at different addresses
    Sense id: en-LAT-en-adj-2uVty5zP

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} LAT
  1. Initialism of Los Angeles Times. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Los Angeles Times
    Sense id: en-LAT-en-name-5Wm1Uk-d
  2. (rail transport) The station code of Lam Tin in Hong Kong. Categories (topical): Newspapers
    Sense id: en-LAT-en-name-w0~bQWHM Disambiguation of Newspapers: 8 17 39 2 21 11 2 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Station codes Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Noun

Forms: LATs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} LAT (plural LATs)
  1. Initialism of lowest astronomical tide. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: lowest astronomical tide
    Sense id: en-LAT-en-noun-SE0JSp0d
  2. (US) Initialism of laboratory animal technician. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: laboratory animal technician
    Sense id: en-LAT-en-noun-nh1YsrME Categories (other): American English
  3. (firefighting, aviation) Acronym of large airtanker (“a class of waterbomber”). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: large airtanker (extra: a class of waterbomber) Categories (topical): Aviation, Firefighting
  4. Initialism of living apart together, a couple who lives at different addresses. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: living apart together (extra: a couple who lives at different addresses)
    Sense id: en-LAT-en-noun-bu2N9M8o

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for LAT meaning in English (5.3kB)

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