English-Thai Dictionary

lest

CONJ ด้วย เกรง ว่า  เพราะ กลัว ว่า  for fear that duai-krang-wa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEST

conj.That not; for fear that. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Genesis 3:3.
The phrase may be thus explained. Ye shall not touch it; that separated or dismissed, ye die. That here refers to the preceding command or sentence; that being removed or not observed, the fact being not so, ye will die.
Sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee. John 5:14.
Sin no more; that fact not taking place, a worse thing will happen to thee.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEST

LEST Lest, v. i.

 

Defn: To listen. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser.

 

LEST

Lest, n. Etym: [See List to choose. ]

 

Defn: Lust; desire; pleasure. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

LEST

LEST Lest, a.

 

Defn: Last; least. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

LEST

Lest, conj. Etym: [OE. leste, fr. AS. l the less that, where that, who, which. See The, Less, a.]

 

1. For Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Prov. xx. 18. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth he standeth take heed lest he fall. I Cor. x. 12.

 

2. That (without the negative particle ); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension. I feared Lest I might anger thee. Shak.

 

LESTER

Les "ter, n. [Pg. , prob. fr. Fr. l'est the east. ] (Meteor. )

 

Defn: A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lest

lest |lest lɛst | ▶conjunction formal with the intention of preventing (something undesirable ); to avoid the risk of: he spent whole days in his room, headphones on lest he disturb anyone. • (after a clause indicating fear ) because of the possibility of something undesirable happening; in case: she sat up late worrying lest he be held up on the way home. ORIGIN Old English thȳ lǣs the ‘whereby less that, ’ later the læste. usage: There are very few contexts in English where the subjunctive mood is, strictly speaking, required: lest remains one of them. Thus the standard use is she was worrying lest he be attacked (not lest he was attacked ), or she is using headphones lest she disturb anyone (not lest she disturbs anyone ). See also subjunctive .

 

Oxford Dictionary

lest

lest |lɛst | ▶conjunction formal with the intention of preventing (something undesirable ); to avoid the risk of: he spent whole days in his room, wearing headphones lest he disturb anyone. • (after a clause indicating fear ) because of the possibility of something undesirable happening; in case: she sat up late worrying lest he be murdered on the way home. ORIGIN Old English thȳ lǣs the ‘whereby less that ’, later the læste. usage: There are very few contexts in English where the subjunctive mood is, strictly speaking, required: lest remains one of them. Thus the standard use is she was worrying lest he be attacked (not lest he was …) or she is using headphones lest she disturb anyone (not … lest she disturbs anyone ). See also subjunctive .

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lest

lest conjunction he cut the remark out of the final programme lest it should offend listeners: in case, just in case, for fear that, in order to avoid, to avoid the risk of.

 

Duden Dictionary

Leste

Les te Substantiv, maskulin , der |L e ste |der Leste; Genitiv: des Leste spanisch warmer Wüstenwind aus der Sahara in Richtung der Kanarischen Inseln

 

lesto

les to Adverb Musik |l e sto |italienisch flink, behände Vortragsanweisung

 

French Dictionary

lest

lest n. m. nom masculin Matière lourde destinée à assurer la stabilité d ’un navire, d ’un ballon, etc. : Jeter du lest. LOCUTION Jeter du lest. figuré Faire des concessions pour préserver des acquis compromis, pour éviter un échec. Prononciation Les lettres st se prononcent, [lɛst ]; le nom rime avec leste

 

leste

leste adj. adjectif 1 Agile. : Cet acrobate est leste et audacieux. SYNONYME souple . 2 Grivois. : Des histoires lestes.

 

lestement

lestement adv. adverbe D ’une manière leste.

 

lester

lester v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Charger de lest. ANTONYME délester . 2 figuré Charger. : Lester ses bagages de livres. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lest

lest /lest /接続詞 ｟かたい書 ｠1 …しないように , …しないかと懸念 [憂慮 ]して , …するといけないから (for fear that …, in case …, so that … not )▸ Take care lest you (should [may, might ]) fall asleep .眠ってしまわないよう気をつけなさい (!should, may, mightは ｟米 ｠では省いて仮定法現在の形をとる ) 2 …しないかと (!(1 )fear, be afraid, be worried, dangerなど心配 怖れ 危険などを意味する語句の後で用いる. (2 )thatが普通 ) ▸ He feared lest darkness (should ) overtake him .途中で暗くなってしまわないかと彼は心配した (≒He feared that darkness would overtake him. )