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31-less — [ ləs ] suffix without: used with many nouns: the homeless (=people who do not have a home) a hopeless situation a cold heartless woman (=without sympathy for other people) …
32less — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. lessssie, geol. {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} żółta, porowata skała osadowa, której podstawowym składnikiem są drobne ziarna kwarcu; skała macierzysta żyznych gleb, wykorzystywana m.in. do produkcji klinkieru… …
33-less — ► SUFFIX forming adjectives and adverbs: 1) (from nouns) without; free from: flavourless. 2) (from verbs) not affected by or not carrying out the action of the verb: tireless. ORIGIN Old English, «devoid of» …
34-less — [lis, ləs] [ME les, leas < OE leas < leas, free, loose, akin to losian, LOSE] suffix forming adjectives 1. without, lacking [pitiless, valueless] 2. not able or apt to [relentless, tireless, reckless] 3. not able or apt to be ed [dauntless] …
35less — less1 W1S1 [les] adv 1.) not so much or to a smaller degree ≠ ↑more ▪ Maybe he would worry less if he understood the situation. ▪ In recent years she has appeared in public less frequently. less (...) than ▪ Tickets were less expensive than I had …
36less */*/*/ — UK [les] / US adverb, determiner, preposition, pronoun Summary: Less is the comparative form of the function word little and can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (before a noun): Eat less fat. ♦ Schools put less emphasis on being… …
37less — [[t]le̱s[/t]] ♦ (Less is often considered to be the comparative form of little.) 1) DET: DET n uncount You use less to indicate that there is a smaller amount of something than before or than average. You can use a little , a lot , a bit , far ,… …
38less — /les/, adv., a compar. of little with least as superl. 1. to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact. 2. most certainly not (often prec. by much or still): He could barely pay for his own lodging, much less for that of his friend. 3. in… …
39less — 1 /les/ adverb 1 not so much; to a smaller degree: I found the second half of the play less interesting than the first. | We go to Paris less frequently now. | You ought to smoke less. opposite more 1 (1) 2 less and less gradually becoming… …
40less — 1. pronoun the fare is less than $1 Syn: a smaller amount than, not so/as much as, under, below Ant: more 2. adjective there was less noise now Syn: not so much, smaller, slighter, shorter, reduced; fewer …
