HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of LESS products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | leh's |
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| Rhymes | ABS, abscess, access, and 73 more rhymes in ehs... |
| Meaning | (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree. |
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| Examples | "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" |
| Contrary | more, more than |
| Usage | comparative |
| See also | little; fewer |
| Meaning | (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality. |
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| Examples | "no less than perfect" |
| Similar to | inferior |
| Meaning | (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer. |
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| Examples | "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less" |
| Similar to | fewer |
| Meaning | Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs. |
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| Examples | "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" |
| Synonyms | to a lesser extent |
| Contrary | more, to a greater extent |
| Meaning | Comparative of little. |
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| Examples | "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" |
| Contrary | more |
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