less
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /les/US /les/
Meaning
adverb
to a smaller degree; not so much
“less expensive/likely/intelligent”
determiner
used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘a smaller amount of’
“less something, less butter/time/importance”
pronoun
used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘a smaller amount of’
“less something, less butter/time/importance”
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“it's not going to be less than that.”
📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →
“industry is becoming better known for a less noble innovation the belief that you can claim credit without accepting responsibility we see it every day now with every data breach every privacy”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →
“would have filled this room and had less”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
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