We found 29 dictionaries that define the word
lest:
General (26 matching dictionaries)
- lest: Merriam-Webster.com
- lest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- lest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- lest: Collins English Dictionary
- lest: Vocabulary.com
- Lest, l'est, lest, l'Est: Wordnik
- lest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- lest: Wiktionary
- lest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- lest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- lest: Infoplease Dictionary
- Lest, lest: Dictionary.com
- lest: Online Etymology Dictionary
- LEST, Lest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Lest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- lest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- lest: Rhymezone
- Lest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- lest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- lest: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
- lest: Free Dictionary
- lest: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
- lest: Dictionary/thesaurus
- lest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
- LEST: Acronym Finder
- lest: Idioms
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- lest: Urban Dictionary
(Note: See
lesting as well.)
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Definitions from WordNet ( )
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▸ adverb: for fear that ( "She tiptoed lest her mother should hear her")
▸ adverb: that (after verbs explicitly expressing fear etc.) ( "He worried lest he should be late")
little,
new,
whole,
dead,
4th,
young,
thick,
wicked,
own,
high,
fearful
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