LESS
\lˈɛs], \lˈɛs], \l_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of LESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"
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comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"
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(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"
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(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
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(usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"
By Princeton University
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used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"
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comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"
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(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases; `we had less apples' is not acceptable) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
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(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"
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(usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem; "no less a person than the king himself"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Unless.
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Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
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A smaller portion or quantity.
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The inferior, younger, or smaller.
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To make less; to lessen.
By Oddity Software
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Unless.
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Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
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A smaller portion or quantity.
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The inferior, younger, or smaller.
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To make less; to lessen.
By Noah Webster.
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Unless.
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Comparative of little; not so much; smaller; made smaller by taking away; as, ten less seven.
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A smaller quantity; a suffix meaning without; as, worthless, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(serves as comp. of LITTLE), Diminished: smaller.
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Not so much: in a lower degree.
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A smaller portion: (B.) the inferior or younger.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Smaller; inferior.
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In inferior or smaller degree; not so much.
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A termination expressing deprivation or destitution, often equivalent to "without"; as, harmless.
By James Champlin Fernald
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