least

Meaning

Det

The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

Adv

1. (negative, superlative) Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
2. (negative, superlative) In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.

Noun

Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.

Adj

superlative form of little: most little; littlest.

PrepPhrase

At least.

little

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Synonyms

minimum

smallest

lowest

fewest

minimal

less

slightest

worst

tiniest

inferior

to the lowest degree

diminutive

at

minutest

most

most terrible

poorest

remotely

small

smaller

small part

become small

very little

very small

most minute

the faintest

the slightest

best

smalest

at least

base

exceedingly

last

lesser

less than

low

lowliest

mean

min

minimality

minority

Translations

minimo

mínimo

minst

moindre

meno

kleinst

menos

moins

am wenigsten

wenigst

ελάχιστα

kleinste

ελάχιστος

geringst

minste

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: leste

Inherited from Old English: lǣst

Cognate with Old Frisian: leist

Cognate with Old Saxon: lēs

In summary

From Middle English leste, lest, last, from Old English lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest, lærest (“least”), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest; least”), related to Old English læs (“less”). Cognate with Old Frisian leist, Old Saxon lēs. More at less.

Sentences

At least one more season has already been planned .

The virus can survive in the soil for at least six months .

This captures at least one sense of saying that the claims themselves are underdetermined .

Therefore , at least a finite fraction of the starting volume is recurring .

A packet is declared incorrect if at least one bit is erroneous .