less

constituting a more limited number or amount

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

less


3 Phonemes

l e s


onset, rime

l ess


Morpheme

less


Local Voices

Italy

Sentence Examples

She finished in less time than I did.

8 times 2 is less than 6 times 3.

We made it there in less than six hours.

The whole procedure takes less than five minutes.

The illness affects less than one percent of the population.

This test seemed much less difficult than the last one.

She visits much less often than she used to.

They're focusing more on quality and less on quantity.

Their band is less concerned with making music than with making money.

We earned two hundred dollars, less travel expenses.

Related Words

fewer

lesser

limited

lower

minor

minus

Collocations

much less

none the less

could care less

more or less

still less

nothing less than

Neighborhood

Rhymes

dress

guess

mess

yes

Onset Friends

like

little

look

long

let

last

left

live

light

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