Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dite

/daɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: dite
IPA: /daɪt/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prepare for use or action; to make ready.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

A trifling quantity or amount.

American usage

Example Sentences

"His hideous club aloft he dites."
"A “dite” is a Maine measurement, somewhere between a smidge and a bit."
"Two carpenters were moving a small building onto a new foundation, and one of them says, “Shove it my way a dite!” The other shoved, but shoved a little too hard. “Nope — too much! I said a dite!”"
"“Set your calipers a dite bigger’n the hole so’s they’ll fit good and snug.”"

Etymology

See dight.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dites (present, singular) diting (participle, present) dited (participle, past) dited (past) dites (plural)

Homonyms

dight

Rhymes With

right all right might night all-night white great white light quite new light fight site

Questions

How do you pronounce dite?: The recorded pronunciation is /daɪt/.
What does dite mean?: To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
Where does dite come from?: See dight.

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