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Princeton's WordNet

  1. smaller, littleradjective

    small or little relative to something else

Wikipedia

  1. Smaller

    Smaller were an English alternative rock, Britpop band from Liverpool, active during the 1990s. They had hits with "Wasted" and "Is" in 1996 and 1997.

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  1. smaller

    Smaller refers to something or someone that has less size, amount, degree or importance when compared with another object or person. It could also refer to an object, person, or concept that is not as large, significant, or extensive in dimensions or scale.

Wikidata

  1. Smaller

    Smaller were an alternative rock band from Liverpool, England, active during the 1990s. They had hits with "Wasted" and "Is" in 1996 and 1997.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SMALLER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Smaller is ranked #106570 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Smaller surname appeared 167 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Smaller.

    50.9% or 85 total occurrences were White.
    43.7% or 73 total occurrences were Black.
    2.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'smaller' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1434

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'smaller' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1571

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of smaller in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of smaller in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of smaller in a Sentence

  1. Tim Crockford:

    The way QE is going to be transmitted over here is very different ... The corporate debt market is significantly smaller.

  2. Agnieszka Radwanska:

    Not for those suspended for doping. Maria should rebuild her career in a different way, beginning with smaller events, she wouldn't have a chance for (a wild card) from my hands (if I was a tournament director).

  3. Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob:

    I think Thai people are quite receptive to new technology. For smaller businesses, there will be a challenge, but it will take time, it won't be that one day we have this proper system, push the button and people will switch.

  4. Frank Zappa, Interview with this submitter, New York City, 5/08/1980:

    The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work.

  5. Daniel Russel:

    If the world's most powerful navy cannot sail where international law permits, then what happens to the ships of navy of smaller countries?, if our warships can't exercise its legitimate rights under international law at sea, then what about the fishermen, what about the cargo ships? How will they prevent themselves from being blocked by stronger nations?

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