Значення

значень: 2
  1. (comparative, diminutive)Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.

    Randal is less welcome than Rachel but as her spouse we should invite them both.

    This gadget is less useful than I expected.

    used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something

  2. (comparative, diminutive)To a smaller extent or degree.

    The grammar book was less than (that is, not at all) helpful.

    That this is a positive one makes it no less a stereotype, and therefore unacceptable.

    weniger

    ме́ньшеménʹše, ме́нееméneje

    ме́ншеménše, меншmenš

Приклади

речень: 4010
  1. I have at least ten books.

    У мене є принаймні десять книжок.

    deIch habe mindestens zehn Bücher.

  2. That's the least of my problems.

    Це найменша з моїх проблем.

  3. We've got less than an hour.

    У нас менше години.

    ruУ нас меньше часа.

    deUns bleibt weniger als eine Stunde.

  4. The less you know, the better, OK?

    Чим менше ти знаєш, тим краще, гаразд?

  5. That probably cost less than a dollar.

    Це, мабуть, коштувало менше долара.

Українська
За значеннями 1
to a smaller extent or degree:
Русский
За значеннями 1
to a smaller extent or degree:
Deutsch
За значеннями 1
to a smaller extent or degree:

Походження

Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less

Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”).

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Синоніми

синонімів: 1
Близькі за значенням
  • used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something:to a lesser extent

Антоніми

антонімів: 1

Сполучуваність

шаблонів: 12
  • at least least
  • least least
  • least least three
  • least least once
  • the least least
  • least least one
  • for at least
  • least least thirty
  • less than three
  • least least a
  • in less than
  • that at least

Дивіться також

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