- lecture
- lecturer
lect
lect-lect
a variety within a language
Origin of -lect
(dia)lectWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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lect
noun
A social or regional variety of speech having a sociolinguistic or functional identity within a speech community.
Origin of lect
From (dia)lectTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural lects)
Origin
Use as an independent noun of the suffix -lect.
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
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