What part of speech is less?

Less can be categorized as an adjective, a noun, an adverb and a conjunction.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. less is a conjunction.
  • 2. less is a noun.
  • 3. less is an adjective.
  • 4. less is an adverb.

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Noun

Adjective

What does less mean?

Definitions

Adjective
less - (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"
less - (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
less - (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"

Adverb
less - used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"
less - comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"

Verb
less - To make less; to lessen.

Noun
little - a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"
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Examples of less

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Of less importance.
2. adj. Less time to spend with the family.
3. adj. A shower uses less water.
4. adj. Less than three years old.
5. adj. Less than three weeks.
6. adj. No less than 50 people attended.
7. adj. In 25 words or less.
8. adj. No less than perfect.
9. adj. He couldn't tell when things were becoming more unstable as opposed to less.
10. adj. If the load was 99 tonnes there were probably less than 20,000.
11. adj. The total number of scientific publications of 300 million Arabs is less than that of 6 million Israelis.
12. adj. rent car & drive to first hotel (less than 1 hour away); collapse.
13. adj. * Preserves a rate differential between the Redwood and Baja paths, although somewhat less than the current differential. *
14. adj. There is a lot of racial diversity in all of these places... and I've vacationed through the south... visited my folks when they lived in Mississippi, and where they live now and are in the racial minority being white (less than 20%) in northeastern Arkansas.
15. adj. The Abramoff scandal threatens to subsume all the hard-fought GOP gains in Congress, and the 2006 midterms are less than a year away.
16. adv. Less interesting.
17. adv. Less expensive.
18. adv. Less quickly.
19. adv. She walks less than she should.
20. adv. He works less these days.
21. adv. This terrorist organization can now only pull off far less sophisticated bombings and attacks.
22. adv. Of course, the sooner the US soldiers can be withdrawn in favor of less-provocative local or international forces, the better.
23. adv. This, in turn, has discouraged international investment in Israel and has made it less likely that immigrants to the country will actually remain there.
24. adv. Now I hide a lot less.").
25. adv. The real threat to the Andaman Islands is the steady building-up of ports and conduits that serve the Tamil Tigers and a host of less-strong militant groups.
26. adv. Perhaps we should look at the death metal phenomenon less as an invitation to violence than as a couter-cultural response to the over hypocrisy of a large percentage of the 'Church-Morality' crowd, which gives a lot of lip service to loving thy neighbor, but doesn't apply that love very far beyond their own congregation.
27. adv. September 11 was quantitatively much less lethal than many earthquakes.
28. adv. Another senior Al Qaeda member (a shura or policy-making council member no less) was working for the Egyptian intelligence services and he confirmed the report in a sworn lengthy confession.
29. adv. It is less complicated for me to initial and fax than to track down someone who doesn't know anything about it and get them to initial it.
30. adv. They assumed a value -- unspecified -- for non-commercial species, and in doing so rendered the warming news a bit less rosy.
31. noun He accepted the little they gave him.
32. noun This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
33. noun I found a poor little mouse walking around in my friends house, and since I was able to catch it very easily (normally mice move at the speed of light), and since it was acting unresponsive, I thought it was infected with mouse poison, since my friend uses it.
34. noun I didn't end up buying my car here, but I did think the guy who worked with me was pretty cool - he was willing to budge a little on the price which means a lot to me.
35. noun IF YOU WANT A LITTLE CAJUNISH FOOD - IT IS GOOD.
36. noun One guy is a little surley, but who gives a crap as long as your car's work is outstanding.
37. noun In the past, I got a steak and there was more fat and rough pieces than there was good steak (and this was the sirloin!), the sides were drenched with butter and the salad was a little on the brown side.
38. noun their pizza was a little salty for me, but its still good.
39. noun Supplies of food were low and we had to ration out the little that was left.
40. noun Well then, let's show a little of our real strength shall we?
41. noun Truth is like a disco ball, and only one of the tiny little mirrors it is made up of is actually yours.
42. noun He had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
43. noun By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
44. noun Put a little of brandy in my tea.
45. noun I told Tom to eat a little of everything.
Sentence  
adj.
Of less importance.
Less time to spend with the family.
A shower uses less water.
Less than three years old.
Less than three weeks.
No less than 50 people attended.
In 25 words or less.
No less than perfect.
He couldn't tell when things were becoming more unstable as opposed to less.
If the load was 99 tonnes there were probably less than 20,000.
The total number of scientific publications of 300 million Arabs is less than that of 6 million Israelis.
rent car & drive to first hotel (less than 1 hour away); collapse.
* Preserves a rate differential between the Redwood and Baja paths, although somewhat less than the current differential. *
There is a lot of racial diversity in all of these places... and I've vacationed through the south... visited my folks when they lived in Mississippi, and where they live now and are in the racial minority being white (less than 20%) in northeastern Arkansas.
The Abramoff scandal threatens to subsume all the hard-fought GOP gains in Congress, and the 2006 midterms are less than a year away.
adv.
Less interesting.
Less expensive.
Less quickly.
She walks less than she should.
He works less these days.
This terrorist organization can now only pull off far less sophisticated bombings and attacks.
Of course, the sooner the US soldiers can be withdrawn in favor of less-provocative local or international forces, the better.
This, in turn, has discouraged international investment in Israel and has made it less likely that immigrants to the country will actually remain there.
Now I hide a lot less.").
The real threat to the Andaman Islands is the steady building-up of ports and conduits that serve the Tamil Tigers and a host of less-strong militant groups.
Perhaps we should look at the death metal phenomenon less as an invitation to violence than as a couter-cultural response to the over hypocrisy of a large percentage of the 'Church-Morality' crowd, which gives a lot of lip service to loving thy neighbor, but doesn't apply that love very far beyond their own congregation.
September 11 was quantitatively much less lethal than many earthquakes.
Another senior Al Qaeda member (a shura or policy-making council member no less) was working for the Egyptian intelligence services and he confirmed the report in a sworn lengthy confession.
It is less complicated for me to initial and fax than to track down someone who doesn't know anything about it and get them to initial it.
They assumed a value -- unspecified -- for non-commercial species, and in doing so rendered the warming news a bit less rosy.
noun
He accepted the little they gave him.
This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
I found a poor little mouse walking around in my friends house, and since I was able to catch it very easily (normally mice move at the speed of light), and since it was acting unresponsive, I thought it was infected with mouse poison, since my friend uses it.
I didn't end up buying my car here, but I did think the guy who worked with me was pretty cool - he was willing to budge a little on the price which means a lot to me.
IF YOU WANT A LITTLE CAJUNISH FOOD - IT IS GOOD.
One guy is a little surley, but who gives a crap as long as your car's work is outstanding.
In the past, I got a steak and there was more fat and rough pieces than there was good steak (and this was the sirloin!), the sides were drenched with butter and the salad was a little on the brown side.
their pizza was a little salty for me, but its still good.
Supplies of food were low and we had to ration out the little that was left.
Well then, let's show a little of our real strength shall we?
Truth is like a disco ball, and only one of the tiny little mirrors it is made up of is actually yours.
He had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
Put a little of brandy in my tea.
I told Tom to eat a little of everything.
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