lib

1 of 2

noun

plural libs
1
2
informal
a
: a politically liberal person : liberal entry 2 sense a
The reason Obama keeps tilting left is that so many independents have dumped him and he has almost no chance of getting them back. So energizing libs for a massive turnout is his next-best hope.Michael Goodwin
b
Lib plural Libs : a member or supporter of a Liberal political party : liberal entry 2 sense b
Like their Labor counterparts, many young Libs found willing political patronage and slipped seamlessly onto the payrolls of MPs and some eventually entered Parliament themselves, to play politics on a bigger field.George Morgan

lib

2 of 2

abbreviation

1
liberal
2
librarian, library

Examples of lib in a Sentence

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The implant was installed in /data/lib/libips.bak path. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2023 The file may be masquerading as part of Fortinet’s IPS Engine, located at /data/lib/libips.so. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2023 At the same time, women’s lib and other civil-rights movements were going on. Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024 For the ’70s, there was a women’s-lib movement and women were starting to come out of their shell a bit. Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for lib 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1970, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of lib was in 1970

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lib

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