less
US /lɛs/
determiner, adverb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The new model uses less energy than the previous version.
Collocations
- Easy less moneydescribing less money ((comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree)
- Medium more or less completeddescribing more or less completed (English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state)
- Hard no less important than qualitydescribing no less important than quality (a negative)
- Very Hard nothing less than miraculousdescribing nothing less than miraculous (a quantity of no importance)
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