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Nghĩa (English)

Adv

1. comparative degree of little
2. Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
3. To a smaller extent or degree.

Det

1. comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.
2. A smaller amount of; not as much.
3. Fewer; a smaller number of.

Prep

Minus; not including

Verb

To make less; to lessen.

Adj

Lesser; smaller.

Noun

A smaller amount or quantity.

Conj

unless

Synonyms

fewer

below

smaller

little

lesser

few

🤏

minus

without

younger

more

minor

least

inadequate

in the middle

small

decrease

under

reduce

to a lesser extent

inferior

still

still more

tenuous

weal

yet

youngest

the least

very little

-less

lessened by subtraction

a few

🤏

the slightest

after

beneath

decayed

decreased

deficient

either

except

exclusive of

further

furthermore

greater

lack

less than

lower

much less

scant

scanty

short

sparse

Phát âm là (IPA)

/lɛs/

Từ nguyên (English)

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: les

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ: lǣs

Cognate with Old Frisian: lēs

Cognate with Old Saxon: lēs

Cognate with Tiếng Litva: liesas

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: lees

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ: lǣssa

Cognate with Old Frisian: lessa

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: lessen

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: lesse

In summary

Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”).
Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”).
Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner.
Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner.

Câu

He looked around at the empty plaza again , feeling less desperate than before .

Anh lại nhìn xung quanh quảng trường trống rỗng, cảm thấy bớt tuyệt vọng hơn trước.

As a result , the relationship became much less important strategically speaking .

Kết quả là, mối quan hệ trở nên ít quan trọng hơn về mặt chiến lược.

Less often , longer works are referred to as novellas .

Ít thường xuyên, các tác phẩm dài hơn được gọi là tiểu thuyết.

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .

Ở Anh, nó hoa ít hơn và thậm chí có tiếng là dịu dàng.

This tension together with some minor injuries made Souness less keen to keep him .

Sự căng thẳng này cùng với một số thương tích nhỏ khiến souness ít muốn giữ anh ta.

It is generally less error-prone than using the built-in " switch to " command .

Nói chung, nó ít dễ bị lỗi hơn so với việc sử dụng lệnh "chuyển đổi sang" tích hợp.

High-efficiency detectors produce spectra in less time than low-efficiency detectors .

Máy dò hiệu quả cao tạo ra quang phổ trong thời gian ngắn hơn so với máy dò hiệu quả thấp.