least
Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most littleChiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.: Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or size; littlest, smallest.
» I have at least ten books.
Ich habe mindestens zehn Bücher.
У мене є принаймні десять книжок.
Значення
значень: 4Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.
Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or size; littlest, smallest.
least common multiple
the superlative of ‘little’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by ‘the’; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or size; littlest, smallest.
Of two or more animals or plants with the same name: the smaller or smallest.
least weasel
Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.
(архаїчне)Lowest in importance or status; most insignificant or unimportant.
(застаріле)Followed by an agent noun: of a person: who does some action to the smallest degree.
Приклади
речень: 2197I have at least ten books.
У мене є принаймні десять книжок.
deIch habe mindestens zehn Bücher.
That's the least of my problems.
Це найменша з моїх проблем.
Everybody needs at least one close friend.
Кожному потрібен хоба б один близький друг.
deJeder braucht wenigstens einen guten Freund.
Everyone needs at least one close friend.
Кожному потрібен хоба б один близький друг.
deJeder braucht wenigstens einen guten Freund.
These books are worth reading at least once.
Ці книги варто прочитати хоча б один раз.
ruЭти книги стоит прочитать хотя бы раз.
deDiese Bücher sind es wert, zumindest einmal gelesen zu werden.
Походження
The adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(aThe adjective, determiner, and noun are derived from Middle English leste, lest, last (“(adjective) smallest, least; (noun) smallest thing, etc.; person or thing least in importance; etc.”), from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest (“least”) (also lærest in only one source), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest, least”), from *laisiz (“less”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-; whence modern English less) + *-istaz (“suffix forming superlative forms of some adjectives”).
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