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less Adjective 1. the comparative of little: less fibre 2. Not standard fewer Adverb 1. the comparative of little: eat less 2. less of to a smaller extent or degree: it would become less of a problem 3. no less Sometimes ironic used to indicate admiration or surprise: sculpted by a famous Frenchman, Rodin no less prep minus: a two pounds-a-week rise (less tax) [Old English lǣssa, lǣs]
USAGE: Less should not be confused with fewer. Less refers strictly only to quantity and not to number: there is less water than before. Fewer means smaller in number: there are fewer people than before. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
less preposition 3. minus, without, lacking, excepting, subtracting USAGE Less should not be confused with fewer. Less refers strictly only to quantity and not to number: there is less water than before. Fewer means smaller in number: there are fewer people than before. Translations (in quantity) → menos pron, adv → menos; pron, adv → moins the less he works ... → moins il travaille ... the less he works ... → je weniger er arbeitet ...; the Prime Minister, no less → kein Geringerer als der Premierminister the less he works ... → meno lavora ...; less 5% → meno il 5% |
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The money saved from one object may be usefully applied to another, and there will be so much the less to be drawn from the pockets of the people. Ah, less - less bright The stars of the night Than the eyes of the radiant girl My conduct has been equally guarded from the first, and I never behaved less like a coquette in the whole course of my life, though perhaps my desire of dominion was never more decided. |
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