Definitions for Little
ˈlɪt lLit·tle

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1. littleadjective

   a small amount or duration

   "he accepted the little they gave him"

2. small, littleadjective

   limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

   "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

3. little(a), slightadjective

   (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

   "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"

4. little, smalladjective

   (of children and animals) young, immature

   "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

5. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivialadjective

   (informal) small and of little importance

   "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

6. little, smalladjective

   (of a voice) faint

   "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

7. short, littleadjective

   low in stature; not tall

   "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"

8. little, minuscule, smalladjective

   lowercase

   "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

9. littleadverb

   small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

   "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation"

10. littleadverb

    not much

    "he talked little about his family"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. littleadverb

   Not much.

2. littleadverb

   Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).

3. littleadjective

   Small in size.

   This is a little table.

4. littleadjective

   Insignificant, trivial.

   It's of little importance.

5. littleadjective

   Very young.

6. littleadjective

   Younger.

   This is my little sister.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Littleadjective

   small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

2. Littleadjective

   short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

3. Littleadjective

   small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

4. Littleadjective

   small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

5. Littleadjective

   small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

6. Littleadjective

   small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

7. Littlenoun

   that which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

8. Littlenoun

   a small degree or scale; miniature

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

9. Littleadverb

   in a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it

   Etymology: [OE. litel, lutel, AS. ltel, ltel, lt; akin to OS. littil, D. luttel, LG. ltt, OHG. luzzil, MHG. ltzel; and perh. to AS. lytig deceitful, lot deceit, Goth. liuts deceitful, lutn to deceive; cf. also Icel. ltill little, Sw. liten, Dan. liden, lille, Goth. leitils, which appear to have a different root vowel.]

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1. Little

   The Little was an automobile built in Flint, Michigan by the Little Motor Car Company from 1912-15. The Little first was available as a two-seater with a four-cylinder 20 hp engine, and had a wheelbase of 7 ft 7 in . In 1914 a 3.6 L six-cylinder L-head engine was available in a later model that had a larger chassis. This was phased out in 1915 as it was too close in size and price to the Chevrolet Six. Durant merged the Little Company and Chevrolet in 1913, gave the Chevrolet name to the Little car and moved manufacturing from the Detroit plant to Flint.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Little

   lit′l, adj. (comp. Less; superl. Least) small in quantity or extent: weak, poor: brief.—n. that which is small in quantity or extent: a small space.—adv. in a small quantity or degree: not much.—ns. Litt′le-ease, discomfort, misery: a form of punishment, as the stocks; Litt′le-end′ian, one of the Lilliputian party who opposed the Big-endians, maintaining that boiled eggs should be cracked at the little end; Litt′le-go (see Go); Litt′leness; Litt′le-off′ice, a short service of psalms, hymns, collects, &c.—adj. Litt′leworth, worthless.—By little and little, by degrees; In little, on a small scale; Not a little, considerably. [A.S. lýtel.]

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1. little

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Little' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #337

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Little' in Written Corpus Frequency: #176

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Little' in Adverbs Frequency: #187

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Little' in Adjectives Frequency: #21

How to pronounce Little?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Little in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Little in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Little in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Little in a Sentence

1. John Koenig:

   While you're in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But once you have some distance from it, everything seems to shrink, until it's almost out of focus. So you begin scanning your life looking for something interesting or beautiful. But all you see is ordinary people assembled in their tiny classrooms and workspaces, each of us moving around in little steps, like tokens on a game board.

2. Andre Bakhos:

   The market is a little hesitant after a very strong day in response to some earnings that were taken quite positively.

3. Francis Bacon:

   It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other.

4. Michael Collins:

   I said' Hey, Houston, I've got World Series-winning in my window,' and World Series-winning is about the size of your thumbnail if you hold World Series-winning out arm's length in front of you. The whole focus of your attention goes into this little thing out there. It's in a black void, which makes its colors even more impressive. Primarily, you get the blue of the oceans, the white of the clouds, you get a little streak of tan that we call continents, but they're not that noticeable. It just looks glorious.

5. Kareem DaSilva:

   He was always at other people's events. He was always shooting music videos, it makes me a little bit sad that we weren't able to see all that he could have done.

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