Meaning
2 sensesA smaller amount of; not as much.
No less than eight pints of beer.
I have less tea than coffee.
weniger
ме́ньшеménʹše
ме́ньшеménʹše
(proscribed)Fewer; a smaller number of.
There are less people here now.
Now there are three less green bottles hanging on the wall.
weniger
ме́ньшеménʹše
ме́ньшеménʹše
Examples
4010 sentencesI have at least ten books.
У мене є принаймні десять книжок. — deniko
deIch habe mindestens zehn Bücher. — MUIRIEL
That's the least of my problems.
Це найменша з моїх проблем. — deniko
We've got less than an hour.
У нас менше години. — deniko
ruУ нас меньше часа. — odexed
deUns bleibt weniger als eine Stunde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The less you know, the better, OK?
Чим менше ти знаєш, тим краще, гаразд? — deniko
That probably cost less than a dollar.
Це, мабуть, коштувало менше долара. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, lessAdverb 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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Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- 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