less
- particle
- /lɛs/
:
menos
- We should use less energy to help protect the environment.
You think about yourself dying Less so than I was before.
- You think about yourself dying Less so than I was before.
- We need treatments that are less addictive, less problematic.
- But it's a way of making this argument in less impressionistic way.
- But with each passing year, AI is becoming less artificial and more alien.
Examples
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I need to buy less food this week since I have leftovers.
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So can that be done with less materials and less cost?
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I would worry less and love more.
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Boom, More jobs, less sleep, less family.
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In other words, to insist less that the world be a certain way.
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And my response is, don't ask for less fear, ask for more courage.
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Don't ask for less fear, ask for more courage.
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We need treatments that are less addictive, less problematic.
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She felt less stressed after taking a vacation.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
3
6.8
A choice that few people make because it is different from what most people do
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word less comes from an old English word meaning 'small' or 'fewer' and is related to little and least. So when used with adjectives and adverbs, less shows a smaller amount or degree, 'not as much'.