"lest" meaning in Inglés

See lest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /lɛst/ [US] Audio: en-us-lest.ogg [US]
Etymology: Del inglés medio les te, y este del inglés antiguo þȳ lǣs þe.
  1. Para que no.
    Sense id: es-lest-en-conj-dHAuYdos
  2. No sea que, no vaya a ser que.
    Sense id: es-lest-en-conj-Kg4wlHn3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Conjunciones",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Palabras provenientes del inglés medio",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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  "etymology_text": "Del inglés medio les te, y este del inglés antiguo þȳ lǣs þe.",
  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "Conjunción",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Bible Psalm 91:12. Versión: New King James.\nTraducción: Biblia Salmos 91:12. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.",
          "text": "In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.",
          "translation": "En las manos te llevarán para que tu pie no tropiece en piedra."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Para que no."
      ],
      "id": "es-lest-en-conj-dHAuYdos",
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "No sea que, no vaya a ser que."
      ],
      "id": "es-lest-en-conj-Kg4wlHn3",
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/lɛst/",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/En-us-lest.ogg/En-us-lest.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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    "EN:Palabras provenientes del inglés medio",
    "Inglés"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del inglés medio les te, y este del inglés antiguo þȳ lǣs þe.",
  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "Conjunción",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Bible Psalm 91:12. Versión: New King James.\nTraducción: Biblia Salmos 91:12. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.",
          "text": "In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.",
          "translation": "En las manos te llevarán para que tu pie no tropiece en piedra."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Para que no."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "No sea que, no vaya a ser que."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
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      "ipa": "/lɛst/",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

Download raw JSONL data for lest meaning in Inglés (1.0kB)

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