Usually means: Variety or form of language.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. lect: Merriam-Webster
  2. lect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Lect, lect: Wordnik
  5. -lect, lect: Wiktionary
  6. -lect, lect: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. lect: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. lect, lect: Dictionary.com
  9. Lect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. lect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -lect: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LECT: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lect: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lect)

▸ noun:  (linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.

Similar:
dialect, geolect, idiolect, leed, isolect, language nest, idiom, regionalect, regiolect, langwidge, more...

Opposite:
student, pupil, listener

Phrases:
var lect, more...

Adjectives:
past, intel, second, same, first, human, compare, late, special, general, con

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Similar:
dialect, geolect, idiolect, leed, isolect, language nest, idiom, regionalect, regiolect, langwidge, more...

Opposite:
student, pupil, listener

Phrases:
var lect, more...

Adjectives:
past, intel, second, same, first, human, compare, late, special, general, con



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