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LEC

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/lɛk/

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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

LEC /lɛk/ n acronym for

(in Scotland) Local Enterprise Company

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

-lec-, root.

-lec- comes from Latin (and sometimes Greek), where it has the meaning "gather;
choose.'' This meaning is found in such words as: collect, election, eligible, elite, ineligible, lectern, lecture, recollect, select. See -leg-.

'LEC' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

curtain lecture - leach - lecithal - lector

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