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lied

1

[ lahyd ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of lie 1.


lied

2

[ leed; German leet ]

noun

plural lieder
  1. a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:

    Schubert lieder.

lied

/ liːt; liːd /

noun

  1. music any of various musical settings for solo voice and piano of a romantic or lyrical poem, for which composers such as Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf are famous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lied1

Borrowed into English from German around 1850–55
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lied1

from German: song
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The pair denied involvement until December 2023, when she admitted in a BBC interview that they had lied about their links with the company.

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He said when police became involved she continued to deny she had lied, in a "perpetuation of sinister dishonesty".

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A university lecturer, who requested anonymity, told the BBC how her husband had lied about his qualifications and eventually left her in financial ruin.

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The firm revealed it was testing AI technology in the US designed to find accounts belonging to teenagers who have lied about their age on the platform.

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A former Beverly Hills resident and the owner of an L.A. pawn shop tried to sell stolen Andy Warhol art and lied about the scheme to federal agents, authorities said.

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