small
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- adjective
- /smɔl/
- During the meditation session, she spoke in a small voice that filled the room with tranquility.
- a small voice
- a still, small voice
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- I think that's probably very good for for small amplitude sound waves.
- Smile, settle, smile slowly and let a small, confident, subtle smile form.
- A lot of times it's like whispering or people are doing small taps on things.
- With the camera, I think it was always telling her that small movements were OK.
- It's just like small sounds that fucking white people do.
Examples
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Smile, settle, smile slowly and let a small, confident, subtle smile form.
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Outside, a mist like gauze was on the lakes, full of the small noises of ducks.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gotta use your small inside voice in here, son.
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Yes, his voice is very small.
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Remember, that can be just a small tone, a mood.
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"How did you do that?" was all she said, in a small, lost voice from a distant shore.
Fiction book (1990) -
From the loft above, she could hear small sounds as the children snuggled deeper into sleep.
Fiction book (1992) -
I've been feeling so small, watch the quiet ticking off the wall.
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Just remember to listen to that small, soft voice, the one that you can't hear unless you're alone and quiet, and He has your full attention.
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The realm of Ta Lo stretches far beyond the shores of our small village.
Synonyms
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Not making much noise
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Small in amount or degree
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Quiet and hard to hear
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A voice or sound that is quiet and low
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Making a soft sound like a whisper
Antonyms
Idioms
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
- Informal
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An important person in a small group who has more power than elsewhere
Compounds
- Specialized
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A long narrow tube between the stomach and large bowel that digests food and takes in nutrients
- Canadian
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2.8
A person who owns or runs a small company with fewer than 100 employees
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Part of the United States government that helps small businesses with loans and advice
- Specialized
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A company or stock with a small market value, often under one billion dollars
- Specialized
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8.8
A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere
- Specialized
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A very serious cancer made of small round cells that grows and spreads quickly in the lungs
- Specialized
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7.7
A letter that looks like a big letter but is the height of a small letter used for emphasis
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4.9
An activity of searching for and shooting small wild animals and birds for food or sport
- Specialized
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5.1
Very small bits of dirty matter in the air that come from smoke and engines and can harm people's health
- Offensive
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8.2
A man who acts overly aggressive to hide feeling weak or less important
- Specialized
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A baby who is much smaller and lighter than usual for their pregnancy length
- Specialized
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4.2
A common way to connect a computer to devices like printers or hard drives
- Specialized
Amount of heat that raises one gram of water by one degree Celsius at normal air pressure
- US
A grass like reeds that grows in wet places like marshes, often in the southern United States
- Slur
A rude word for someone, often a man, who acts loud and angry to hide low confidence
A small animal like a cat that is active at night and lives in Southeast Asian forests
- Specialized
A small plant that comes back each year with white daisy-like flowers
- Specialized
A large European tree with small dark green leaves grown for its shade and beauty
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Etymology
Small comes from an old German word smal meaning 'narrow' or 'thin'. A small voice is quiet or faint, like a narrow sound that is hard to hear.