Found 5 hits - Term: least, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
least \least\ l=est, a. oe. last, lest, as. l=aesast,
l=aesest, superl. of l=aessa less. see less, a. used
as the superlative of little.
smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most
unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least
space.
1913 webster
note: least is often used with the, as if a noun.
1913 webster
i am the least of the apostles. --1 cor. xv.
9.
1913 webster
at least, or at the least, at the least estimate,
consideration, chance, etc.; being no less than; hence, at
any rate; at all events; even. see however.
1913 webster
he who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses
the tempted with dishonor. --milton.
1913 webster
upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he
were a man, who sat as on horseback. --sir p.
sidney.
in least, or in the least, in the least degree, manner,
etc. "he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much." --luke xvi. 10.
least squares math., a method of deducing from a number
of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of
a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown
quantities.
note: it takes as its fundamental principle that the most
probable values are those which make the sum of the
squares of the residual errors of the observation a
minimum.
1913 webster
see also:
less at least at the least however in least in the least
least squares
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
least \least\, adv.
in the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all
others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
least \least\, conj.
see lest, conj. obs. --spenser.
1913 webster leastways
see also:
lest
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
least
adj 1: the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns
and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning
smallest in amount or extent or degree; "didn't care
the least bit"; "he has the least talent of anyone"
syn: leasta ant: mosta
2: minimal in magnitude; "lowest wages"; "the least amount of
fat allowed"; "the smallest amount" syn: lowest, smallest
3: having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least
bittern" syn: littlest, smallest
adv : used to form the superlative; "the garter snake is the least
dangerous snake" syn: to the lowest degree ant: most
see also:
leasta mosta lowest smallest littlest to the lowest degree
most
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 moby thesaurus words for "least":
at a disadvantage, at the nadir, below, below the mark, few,
homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest,
in the gutter, inglorious, innocuous, least of all, less, littlest,
low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, minim, minimum, minority,
minority group, modest, plain, poor, short of, shortest, simple,
slightest, small, smallest, teachable, the few, the minority,
under, under par, undistinguished, unimportant, unpretentious,
we happy few
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