less
less
lɛs
les
/lɛs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "less"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻŽ, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

to a smaller amount, extent, etc. in comparison to a previous state or another thing or person

under

less definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's less interested in sports than her brother.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϧ⧁āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽ, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇

used to indicate a smaller amount or degree of something compared to another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He works less these days due to his semi-retirement.
āφāĻ‚āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽ

used to indicate a smaller amount or degree
less definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There are less people at the park today.
āφāϜ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āϞ⧋āĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—, āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

used to indicate subtraction or the exclusion of something from a total or whole
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She paid $ 100 less 20 % for the dress.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ $100 āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— 20% āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽ, āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

used to indicate the absence of something or a particular quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave him a smile that was entirely expressionless, revealing nothing of her thoughts.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽ, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻāϰ

used to indicate a reduced amount or quantity of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the new storage system, space is less of an issue than before.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰ⧇āϜ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
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