less
determiner
[ lɛs ]
• a smaller amount of; not as much.
• "the less time spent there, the better"
Similar:
not so much,
not so great,
smaller,
slighter,
shorter,
reduced,
fewer,
less
pronoun
• a smaller amount or quantity of something.
• "storage is less of a problem than it used to be"
Similar:
a smaller amount,
not so much as,
not as much as,
under,
below,
shy of,
less
adverb
• to a smaller extent; not so much.
• "cut out less important material"
Similar:
to a lesser degree,
to a smaller extent,
not so much,
not as much,
rarely,
barely,
little,
not much,
less
preposition
• before subtracting (something); minus.
• "£900,000 less tax"
less
adjective
• of lower rank or importance.
• "James the Less"
Origin:
Old English lǣssa, of Germanic origin; related to Old Frisian lēssa, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek loisthos ‘last’.
-less
suffix
• (forming adjectives and adverbs from nouns) not having; free from.
• "flavourless"
• (forming adjectives and adverbs from verbs) not affected by or not carrying out the action of the verb.
• "fathomless"
Origin:
Old English -lēas, from lēas ‘devoid of’.
little
adverb
• to a small extent.
• "he reminded me a little of my parents"
Similar:
slightly,
faintly,
remotely,
vaguely,
moderately,
somewhat,
a little bit,
quite,
to some degree,
fairly,
sort of,
kind of,
kinda,
ish,
Opposite:
a great deal,
• only to a small extent; not much or often (used for emphasis).
• "he was little known in this country"
Origin:
Old English lȳtel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch luttel, German dialect lützel .
