What does little mean?
Definitions for little
ˈlɪt llit·tle
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word little.
Princeton's WordNet
little(adj)
a small amount or duration
"he accepted the little they gave him"
small, little(adj)
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"
little(a), slight(adj)
(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"
little, small(adj)
(of children and animals) young, immature
"what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial(adj)
(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"
little, small(adj)
(of a voice) faint
"a little voice"; "a still small voice"
short, little(adj)
low in stature; not tall
"he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
little, minuscule, small(adj)
lowercase
"little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
little(adverb)
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"
little(adverb)
not much
"he talked little about his family"
Wiktionary
little(Adverb)
Not much.
little(Adverb)
Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).
little(Adjective)
Small in size.
This is a little table.
little(Adjective)
Insignificant, trivial.
It's of little importance.
little(Adjective)
Very young.
little(Adjective)
Younger.
This is my little sister.
Webster Dictionary
Little(adj)
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.]
Little(adj)
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.]
Little(adj)
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.]
Little(adj)
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.]
Little(adj)
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.]
Little(adj)
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.]
Little(noun)
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.]
Little(noun)
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.]
Little(adverb)
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.]
Freebase
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
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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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'little' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #337
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'little' in Written Corpus Frequency: #176
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'little' in Adverbs Frequency: #187
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'little' in Adjectives Frequency: #21
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of little in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of little in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of little in a Sentence
Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty ... makes another little rotten spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche.
The players I have talked to have been very positive about that idea and I think it would cause them to play a little more than they do right now.
If you look at the ocean temperatures, we know it’s warmer in the western part of the Pacific than it was during these other strong events but it’s actually a little cooler in the eastern part, i think the reason why, at least at this point, the patterns have not been as strong has to do with the fact that the eastern part of the basin is warm – it comes out as the third warmest - but is significantly cooler than what we saw during (19)97 and (19)82 as well.
If you really love the taste of salt, instead of cooking with it, sprinkle a little bit on your food before eating it, it gives that same salty taste without being buried in the food.
I started the round off kind of slow, the greens were a lot slower today, i'm sure they just watered them in the morning, but I got used to them on the back nine and finished strong. But I'm sure with this sun and a little bit of breeze today, they'll bake out in the afternoon.
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Translations for little
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- قليلArabic
- máloCzech
- lilleDanish
- wenigGerman
- λίγοGreek
- malmulteEsperanto
- pocoSpanish
- مقدار کمیPersian
- vähänFinnish
- peuFrench
- beagIrish
- थोड़ाHindi
- kisHungarian
- sedikitIndonesian
- piccoloItalian
- קְצָתHebrew
- 少しJapanese
- ಸ್ವಲ್ಪKannada
- 작은Korean
- modicumLatin
- weinigDutch
- litenNorwegian
- małoPolish
- poucoPortuguese
- puținRomanian
- litenSwedish
- சிறியTamil
- küçükTurkish
- تھوڑاUrdu
- ביסלYiddish
- 小Chinese
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