"lit." meaning in English

See lit. in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɪt Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} lit.
  1. Abbreviation of literal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: literal
    Sense id: en-lit.-en-adj-fWg8NEzK

Adverb

IPA: /lɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɪt Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} lit.
  1. Abbreviation of literally. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: literally
    Sense id: en-lit.-en-adv-1Okg-~RX

Noun

IPA: /lɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɪt Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} lit.
  1. Abbreviation of liter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: liter
    Sense id: en-lit.-en-noun---zRAnwl
  2. Abbreviation of liter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: liters
    Sense id: en-lit.-en-noun-2qmGyiUn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 7 7 64 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 3 3 84 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 3 84 2 2 2
  3. Abbreviation of literature. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: literature
    Sense id: en-lit.-en-noun-jqMo1xmF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: comp. lit.
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