āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
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āĻāĻŽ, āĻāĻŽ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
to a smaller amount, extent, etc. in comparison to a previous state or another thing or person
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's less interested in sports than her brother.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϧā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻšā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻŽ, āĻāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§
used to indicate a smaller amount or degree of something compared to another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He works less these days due to his semi-retirement.
āĻāĻāĻļāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻŽ
used to indicate a smaller amount or degree
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There are less people at the park today.
āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽ āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
used to indicate subtraction or the exclusion of something from a total or whole
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She paid $ 100 less 20 % for the dress.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϰā§āϏā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ $100 āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ 20% āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻŽ, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
used to indicate the absence of something or a particular quality
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave him a smile that was entirely expressionless, revealing nothing of her thoughts.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻāĻŽ, āĻāĻŽ āĻāϰ
used to indicate a reduced amount or quantity of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the new storage system, space is less of an issue than before.
āύāϤā§āύ āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āĻ āϏāĻŋāϏā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§, āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
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