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Princeton's WordNet
leastadjective
something that is of no importance
"it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns"
least(a)adverb
the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
"didn't care the least bit"; "he has the least talent of anyone"
least, to the lowest degreeadverb
used to form the superlative
"The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"
Wiktionary
leastadverb
Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
It was the least surprising thing.
Webster Dictionary
Leastadjective
smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space
Etymology: [OE. last, lest, AS. lsast, lsest, superl. of lssa less. See Less, a.]
Leastadverb
in the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it
Etymology: [OE. last, lest, AS. lsast, lsest, superl. of lssa less. See Less, a.]
Least
see Lest, conj
Etymology: [OE. last, lest, AS. lsast, lsest, superl. of lssa less. See Less, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Least
lēst, adj. (serves as superl. of Little) little beyond all others: smallest.—adv. in the smallest or lowest degree.—advs. Least′ways, Least′wise, at least: however.—At least, or At the least, at the lowest estimate: at any rate. [A.S. læst, contr. from læsast, from læssa (adj.), less, læs (adv.).]
Least
lēst, conj. (Spens.). Same as Lest.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'least' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2292
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'least' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3617
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'least' in Adverbs Frequency: #186
Anagrams for least »
astel, lates, leats, salet, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, tesla
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of least in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of least in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of least in a Sentence
At the very least, I urge President Biden to do what the Obama administration refused to do and submit the Paris Agreement to the Senate for consideration as required under the Constitution.
I am not surprised by these numbers [released by Irdeto] – that’s right in line with what we saw, some of the Facebook streams had 20,000, 30,000 views – I saw at least 25 individual Facebook Live unique video streams.
This decision is a kick in the gut to our community, we deserve to have our day in court with Purdue. The parents, the families, the survivors deserve at least that. And Oklahoma stripped that from us today.
I think the conversation needs to be that there is data to suggest that a short interpregnancy interval increases poor pregnancy outcomes, and so people will make decisions based on that information, but at least we can still have that discussion.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
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Translations for least
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- اقلArabic
- nejméněCzech
- am wenigsten, geringstGerman
- malmultaEsperanto
- menos, mínimoSpanish
- pienin, vähiten, vähinFinnish
- moins, moindreFrench
- íostaIrish
- कम से कमHindi
- legkisebbHungarian
- minimo, menoItalian
- הכי פחותHebrew
- 最低Japanese
- 가장 적게Korean
- minstDutch
- najmniejPolish
- mínimoPortuguese
- наименьшийRussian
- minimalan, najmanjiSerbo-Croatian
- minstSwedish
- குறைந்ததுTamil
- కనీసంTelugu
- 最小, 最少Chinese
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