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I. less [les] ADV comp of little

1. less (to a smaller extent):

less
less of your cheek!
the less ... the better
much [or far][or a lot]less complicated
the more ..., the less ...
je mehr ..., desto weniger ...
less and little

2. less (not the least bit):

less than ...

Phrases:

in less than no time hum inf
im Nu inf
in less than no time hum inf
much [or still]less ... form
much [or still]less ... form
no less also iron
no less ... than ...

II. less [les] ADJ

1. less comp of little

less

2. less (non-standard use of fewer):

less

3. less old (lower in rank, less important):

less
... the Less
James the Less

III. less [les] PRON indef

1. less (smaller amount):

less
she is aged 40 or less
he only has $10 but she has even less!
a little/lot less
to be/do less of sth I've been seeing less of her lately
less of a problem
less than ...

2. less non-standard (fewer):

less
less than ...
a population of less than 200,000

Phrases:

to be little less than sth
no less than ...
no less than ...

IV. less [les] PREP

less sth
minus [o. abzüglich] einer S. gen
the total of £30, less the £5 deposit you've paid
£900,000 less tax
900.000 Pfund brutto

I. lit·tle <smaller [or -r], smallest [or -st]> [ˈlɪtl̩, Am -t̬-] ADJ

1. little (small):

klein <kleiner, am kleinsten>

2. little (young):

klein <kleiner, am kleinsten>

3. little distance:

kurz <kürzer, am kürzesten>

4. little <less, least> time:

wenig <weniger, wenige, weniges; weniger, am wenigsten>

5. little attr, inv (trivial):

klein <kleiner, am kleinsten>

6. little (not much):

Phrases:

II. lit·tle <less, least> [ˈlɪtl̩, Am -t̬-] ADV

1. little (somewhat):

2. little (hardly):

wenig <weniger, wenige, weniges; weniger, am wenigsten>
to be little less than [or short of] sth

Phrases:

III. lit·tle [ˈlɪtl̩, Am -t̬-] PRON

1. little (small quantity):

a little of sth
ein wenig von etw dat

2. little (not much):

wenig <weniger, wenige, weniges; weniger, am wenigsten>
[very] little of sth
[sehr] wenig von etw dat
the [or what]little ...
the little sb does sth

3. little (distance):

4. little (time):

Phrases:

PˈC-less ADJ attr, inv

PC-less
ohne PC nach n

case-less

case-less

vessel-less ADJ

vessel-less

less powerful

less-de·vel·oped ˈcoun·try N, LDC N

Entwicklungsland nt <-(e)s, -länder>

less-is-more [lesɪzˈmɔ:ʳ, Am -mɔ:r] ADJ inv

ˈsettle-for-less ADJ inv

soil-less gar·den·ing [ˌsɔɪlləsˈ-] N no pl

less demanding plant N

less supportive tissue N

less vascular tissue N

allocation less write-back phrase ACCOUNT

less than proportional