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Less (adverb)
To a smaller extent.
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Less (adverb)
In lower degree.
“This is a less bad solution than I thought possible.”
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Less (adjective)
; smaller, lesser. from 11th c.
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Less (adjective)
comparative of little: a smaller amount (of); not as much. from 14th c.
“I have less than you have.”
“I have less tea than coffee.”
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Less (adjective)
comparative of few: fewer; a smaller number of. from 9th c.
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Less (preposition)
Minus; not including
“It should then tax all of that as personal income, less the proportion of the car’s annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business.”
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Less (verb)
To make less; to lessen.
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Less (conjunction)
unless
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Least (determiner)
; the smallest amount of [something uncountable].
“He earns the least money in his family.”
“Of all the sisters, she has the least patience.”
“I”
“can only afford to pay the least of the bills.”
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Least (adverb)
Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
“It was the least surprising thing.”
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Least (adverb)
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
“to reward those who least deserve it”
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Least (noun)
Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.