least
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1.0
- adverb
- /liːst/
:
menos
- Of the three topics investigated in this study, this one was least likely to be a main story topic.
- least likely
- least satisfied
- least important
This is the most shocking, most tragic, least surprising thing I've ever seen.
- This is the most shocking, most tragic, least surprising thing I've ever seen.
- I'm going to use consciousness for this at least so.
- So now I have these terms at least explained in my diagram.
- That's that that puts me in the least positive, some mindset.
Examples
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Of all the people in this world, we were the least suited for war.
Fiction book (1993) -
She ranked the tasks in order of priority, completing the least important ones first.
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Are you at least happy for me?
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Uh... if there was one thing you seemed least interested in, it was probably change.
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Among the most powerful and the least trusted.
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Solar power is the least prevalent source of electrical power in the United States.
Academic text (2011) -
The survey responses were helpful in identifying what was most and least important in each county.
Academic text (2008) -
As might be expected, economically disadvantaged African Americans and Latinos were the least likely group to attain senior status.
Academic text (2011) -
The hike was least enjoyable when it started to rain.
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Out of all the movies he has seen, this one was the least entertaining.
Synonyms
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3.7
There is not even a small amount
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4.4
Not at all, not even a little
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Saying very little about a problem helps people fix it quickly
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.0
A method that fits a line or curve to data by making squared errors as small as possible
- Specialized
The smallest number that two or more numbers divide evenly into
A very small bird that lives on coasts in North America with yellow green legs
- US
A very small brown mammal like a mouse that lives in grassy areas in the eastern United States
- Specialized
A way to fit a line or curve to data by making squared errors as small as possible
A very small wild mammal in Canada and northeastern United States that turns white in winter
A very small weasel from Europe and Asia with a long thin body and short legs
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Least comes from an old English word that meant 'smallest' and is the form of less that shows the smallest degree, so when you say someone was the least affected you mean they were affected to the smallest degree.