lest

Speech parts

1. lest - Noun

2. lest - Adjective

3. lest - Verb

4. lest - Conjunction

Meaning

To listen.

Lust; desire; pleasure.

Last; least.

For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.

That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

however alternatively beware but least prevent before except avoid perhaps fear saving afraid Penn deter
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Antonyms

for to so that in order to so as to for the purpose of
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Anagrams

LETS SELT TESL

Examples

3 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” Source: Internet

And lest we forget once we have our “freedoms” back, let us all pray that we never forget the lessons that God was trying to teach us when our world stopped spinning. Source: Internet

And I Uber to and from work, lest anybody think I have some fancy town car waiting for me. Source: Internet

And for the purpose lest you won't attack cossacks by conquering peasants, I will have two, three hundred thousands of them. Source: Internet

All the technical staff are monitored by psychologists who have the authority to remove them from the work at any time lest they crack under the pressure and precipitate a disaster. Source: Internet

And lest we forget, housing discrimination in home sales, rentals, insurance and more continue to disproportionately affect Black America despite the Fair Housing Act, and other federal laws intended to remove discrimination from the marketplace. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lessons-learned exercises lessor lessour lest we forget lestaurtinib Lester