B2adjective · common

slight

slight · slighter · slightest

легкий, слабкий, незначний

незначительный

eben, wenig, schlank, leicht

Minor; small in amountMinor; small in amount

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/slaɪt/

» It seems I have a slight cold.

Anscheinend habe ich eine leichte Erkältung.

Похоже, я слегка простыл.

Я, здається, трохи застудився.

Я, здається, трохи застудилася.

Meaning

11 senses

Minor; small in amount
Minor; small in amount
Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
give it a slight kick
a slight hint of cinnamon
Not thorough; superficial.
make a slight examination
Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
we made a slight mistake
a slight pain
Of slender build.
a slight but graceful woman
schlank, schmächtig, dünn
being of delicate or slender build
(regional)Even, smooth or level.
A slight stone
glatt, gleichmäßig, eben
(especially)Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
The sea was slight and calm
(dated)Slighting; treating with disdain.
Minor; small in amount
(archaic, rare)Not far away in space or time.
in the slight future
(obsolete)Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
minderbemittelt, einfach, dumm
(obsolete, regional)Bad, of poor quality.
1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles
einfach, schlecht, minderwertig

Examples

288 sentences

It seems I have a slight cold.
Я, здається, трохи застудився. — deniko
ruПохоже, я слегка простыл. — sharptoothed
deAnscheinend habe ich eine leichte Erkältung. — riotlake
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I have a slight fever.
У мене невелика температура. — deniko
ruУ меня лёгкий жар. — marafon
deIch habe leichtes Fieber. — sigfrido
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I don't have the slightest idea.
Я не маю найменшої уяви. — deniko
ruНе имею ни малейшего понятия. — marafon
deIch habe nicht die leiseste Ahnung. — Sudajaengi
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I have a slight headache today.
Мені трохи болить сьогодні голова. — ascolto
ruСегодня у меня немного болит голова. — Selena777
deIch habe heute leichte Kopfschmerzen. — Hans_Adler
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Tom speaks with a slight accent.
Том говорить із легким акцентом. — deniko
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

small in amount, insignificant:

Русский

By meaning 1

small in amount, insignificant:

Deutsch

By meaning 5

small in amount, insignificant:

not stout or heavy; slender:

even, smooth or level:

weak in intellect:

of poor quality:

Origin

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, sm

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

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Forms

slighter, slightest

Comparative	slighter Lesson
Superlative	slightest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

200 synonyms

meaninglessC1 negligibleC1 tinyB1 baseA2 foolishB1 idleB2 indifferentB2 meagerC2 meanA2 minorB1 miserableB1 nondescriptC1 pettyB2 pointlessB2

Close in meaning

being of delicate or slender build:slender slim svelte
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some:little
lacking substance or significance:flimsy fragile tenuous thin

Word family

6 related words

Relatedslightness

DerivedslightlyB1 overslight slighten slighting slightish

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form

Collocations

12 patterns

had a slight
a slight fever
a slight headache
a slight cold
slight fever
slight headache
slight cold
have the slightest
the slightest idea
with a slight
in the slightest
slightest idea