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little little definition

little


 
  Grep  of  noun  little 
  battle  of  little  bighorn 
  battle  of  the  little  bighorn 
  chicken  little 
  doolittle 
  james  harold  doolittle 
  jimmy  doolittle 
  little 
  little-head  snakeweed 
  little-leaf  fig 
  little-league  team 
  little  auk 
  little  barley 
  little  bear 
  little  bighorn 
  little  bighorn  river 
  little  black  ant 
  little  blue  heron 
  little  brother 
  little  brown  bat 
  little  brown  myotis 
  little  chief  hare 
  little  club  moss 
  little  clubmoss 
  little  dictionary 
  little  dipper 
  little  dog 
  little  ebony  spleenwort 
  little  egret 
  little  finger 
  little  girl 
  little  golden  zinnia 
  little  grebe 
  little  hand 
  little  horn 
  little  joe 
  little  john 
  little  league 
  little  leaguer 
  little  lord  fauntleroy 
  little  missouri 
  little  missouri  river 
  little  mo  connolly 
  little  office 
  little  owl 
  little  phoebe 
  little  potato 
  little  red  ricing  hood 
  little  rhody 
  little  rock 
  little  sister 
  little  skate 
  little  slam 
  little  sparrow 
  little  spotted  skunk 
  little  terror 
  little  theater 
  little  theatre 
  little  toe 
  littleneck 
  littleneck  clam 
  littleness 
  malcolm  little 
  quite  a  little 
  the  little  corporal 
  the  little  giant 
 
  Overview  of  noun  little 
 
  The  noun  little  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  little  --  (a  small  amount  or  duration;  "he  accepted  the  little  they  gave  him") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  little 
 
  The  adj  little  has  9  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (165)  small  little  --  (limited  or  below  average  in  number  or  quantity  or  magnitude  or  extent;  "a  little  dining  room";  "a  little  house";  "a  small  car";  "a  little  (or  small)  group";  "  a  small  voice") 
  2.  (71)  little  --  ((quantifier  used  with  mass  nouns)  small  in  quantity  or  degree;  not  much  or  almost  none  or  (with  "a)  at  least  some  "little  rain  fell  in  May";  "gave  it  little  thought";  "little  hope  remained";  "little  time  is  left";  "we  still  have  little  money";  "a  little  hope  remained";  "a  little  time  isleft") 
  3.  (19)  brief,  little  --  (of  short  duration  or  distance;  "a  brief  stay  in  the  country";  "in  a  little  while";  "it's  a  little  way  away") 
  4.  (12)  little,  small  --  (not  fully  grown;  "what  a  big  little  boy  you  are";  "small  children") 
  5.  (8)  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial  --  ((informal  terms)  small  and  of  little  importance;  "a  fiddling  sum  of  money";  "a  footling  gesture";  "our  worries  are  lilliputian  compared  with  those  of  countries  that  are  at  war";  "a  little  (or  small)  matter";  "Mickey  Mouse  regulations";  "a  dispute  over  niggling  details";  "limited  to  petty  enterprises";  "piffling  efforts";  "giving  a  police  officer  a  free  meal  may  be  against  the  law,  but  it  seems  to  be  a  picayune  infraction") 
  6.  (3)  little,  small  --  ((of  a  voice)  faint;  "a  little  voice";  "a  still  small  voice") 
  7.  little,  younger  --  (younger  brother  or  sister;  "little  brother") 
  8.  little,  minuscule,  small  --  (lowercase;  "little  a";  "small  a";  "e.e.cummings's  poetry  is  written  all  in  minuscule  letters") 
  9.  little  --  (small  in  a  way  that  arouses  feelings  (of  tenderness  or  its  opposite  depending  on  the  context);  "a  nice  little  job";  "bless  your  little  heart";  "my  dear  little  mother";  "a  sweet  little  deal";  "I'm  tired  of  your  petty  little  schemes";  "filthy  little  tricks";  "what  a  nasty  little  situation") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  little 
 
  The  adv  little  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (16)  little  --  (not  much  "he  talked  little  about  his  family") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  little 
 
  9  senses  of  little 
 
  Sense  1 
  small  (vs.  large),  little  (vs.  big) 
 
  large  (vs.  small),  big  (vs.  little) 
  =>  ample,  sizable,  sizeable 
  =>  astronomic,  astronomical,  galactic 
  =>  banner 
  =>  bigger,  larger 
  =>  biggest,  greatest,  largest 
  =>  biggish,  largish 
  =>  blown-up,  enlarged 
  =>  bouffant,  puffy 
  =>  bulky 
  =>  capacious 
  =>  colossal,  prodigious,  stupendous 
  =>  cosmic 
  =>  deep 
  =>  double 
  =>  elephantine,  gargantuan,  giant,  jumbo 
  =>  epic,  heroic,  larger-than-life 
  =>  extensive,  extended 
  =>  great 
  =>  hulking,  hulky 
  =>  humongous,  thumping,  whopping,  walloping 
  =>  king-size,  king-sized 
  =>  large-scale 
  =>  life-size,  life-sized,  full-size 
  =>  macro 
  =>  man-sized 
  =>  massive,  monolithic,  monumental 
  =>  massive 
  =>  monstrous 
  =>  mountainous 
  =>  outsize,  outsized,  oversize,  oversized 
  =>  plumping 
  =>  colossal,  prodigious,  stupendous 
  =>  queen-size,  queen-sized 
  =>  rangy 
  =>  ample,  sizable,  sizeable 
  =>  broad,  spacious,  wide 
  =>  super 
  =>  titanic 
  =>  voluminous 
  =>  enormous,  tremendous 
  =>  gigantic,  mammoth 
  =>  huge,  immense,  vast 
  =>  large-scale 
  =>  overlarge,  too  large 
  =>  whacking 
  =>  wide-ranging 
 
  Sense  2 
  little(postnominal)  (vs.  much) 
 
  much(postnominal)  (vs.  little) 
  =>  overmuch 
  =>  some(postnominal) 
  =>  such(postnominal),  so  much 
  =>  untold 
 
  Sense  3 
  brief,  little 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  short)  ->  long 
 
  Sense  4 
  little,  small 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  young)  ->  old 
 
  Sense  5 
  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unimportant)  ->  important,  of  import 
 
  Sense  6 
  little,  small 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  soft)  ->  loud 
 
  Sense  7 
  little(postnominal)  (vs.  big),  younger 
 
  big(postnominal)  (vs.  little),  elder,  older 
 
  Sense  8 
  little,  minuscule,  small 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  lowercase)  ->  uppercase 
 
  Sense  9 
  little 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  emotional)  ->  unemotional 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  little 
 
  9  senses  of  little 
 
  Sense  1 
  small  (vs.  large),  little  (vs.  big) 
  =>  bantam,  diminutive,  lilliputian,  midget,  petite,  tiny 
  =>  bitty,  bittie,  teensy,  teentsy,  teeny,  wee,  weeny,  weensy,  teensy-weensy,  teeny-weeny,  itty-bitty,  itsy-bitsy 
  =>  dinky 
  =>  dwarf,  dwarfish 
  =>  elfin,  elflike 
  =>  gnomish 
  =>  half-size 
  =>  infinitesimal,  minute,  microscopic 
  =>  least,  littlest,  smallest 
  =>  lesser 
  =>  micro 
  =>  miniature 
  =>  minuscule,  miniscule 
  =>  pocket-size,  pocket-sized 
  =>  puny,  runty,  shrimpy 
  =>  slender,  slim 
  =>  smaller,  littler 
  =>  smallish 
  =>  small-scale 
  =>  undersize,  undersized 
 
  Sense  2 
  little(postnominal)  (vs.  much) 
  =>  small(postnominal) 
  =>  slight 
  Also  See->  less#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  brief,  little 
  =>  short  (vs.  long) 
 
  Sense  4 
  little,  small 
  =>  young  (vs.  old),  immature 
 
  Sense  5 
  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial 
  =>  unimportant  (vs.  important) 
 
  Sense  6 
  little,  small 
  =>  soft  (vs.  loud) 
 
  Sense  7 
  little(postnominal)  (vs.  big),  younger 
 
  Sense  8 
  little,  minuscule,  small 
  =>  lowercase  (vs.  uppercase) 
 
  Sense  9 
  little 
  =>  emotional  (vs.  unemotional) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  little 
 
  1  of  9  senses  of  little 
 
  Sense  1 
  small  (vs.  large),  little  (vs.  big) 
  =>  size 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  little 
 
  little  used  as  an  adjective  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  9) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  little 
  little 
  littler 
  littlest 
  too  little 
 
  Overview  of  noun  little 
 
  The  noun  little  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  little  --  (a  small  amount  or  duration;  "he  accepted  the  little  they  gave  him") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  little 
 
  The  adj  little  has  9  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (165)  small  little  --  (limited  or  below  average  in  number  or  quantity  or  magnitude  or  extent;  "a  little  dining  room";  "a  little  house";  "a  small  car";  "a  little  (or  small)  group";  "  a  small  voice") 
  2.  (71)  little  --  ((quantifier  used  with  mass  nouns)  small  in  quantity  or  degree;  not  much  or  almost  none  or  (with  "a)  at  least  some  "little  rain  fell  in  May";  "gave  it  little  thought";  "little  hope  remained";  "little  time  is  left";  "we  still  have  little  money";  "a  little  hope  remained";  "a  little  time  isleft") 
  3.  (19)  brief,  little  --  (of  short  duration  or  distance;  "a  brief  stay  in  the  country";  "in  a  little  while";  "it's  a  little  way  away") 
  4.  (12)  little,  small  --  (not  fully  grown;  "what  a  big  little  boy  you  are";  "small  children") 
  5.  (8)  fiddling,  footling,  lilliputian,  little,  Mickey  Mouse,  niggling,  piddling,  piffling,  petty,  picayune,  trivial  --  ((informal  terms)  small  and  of  little  importance;  "a  fiddling  sum  of  money";  "a  footling  gesture";  "our  worries  are  lilliputian  compared  with  those  of  countries  that  are  at  war";  "a  little  (or  small)  matter";  "Mickey  Mouse  regulations";  "a  dispute  over  niggling  details";  "limited  to  petty  enterprises";  "piffling  efforts";  "giving  a  police  officer  a  free  meal  may  be  against  the  law,  but  it  seems  to  be  a  picayune  infraction") 
  6.  (3)  little,  small  --  ((of  a  voice)  faint;  "a  little  voice";  "a  still  small  voice") 
  7.  little,  younger  --  (younger  brother  or  sister;  "little  brother") 
  8.  little,  minuscule,  small  --  (lowercase;  "little  a";  "small  a";  "e.e.cummings's  poetry  is  written  all  in  minuscule  letters") 
  9.  little  --  (small  in  a  way  that  arouses  feelings  (of  tenderness  or  its  opposite  depending  on  the  context);  "a  nice  little  job";  "bless  your  little  heart";  "my  dear  little  mother";  "a  sweet  little  deal";  "I'm  tired  of  your  petty  little  schemes";  "filthy  little  tricks";  "what  a  nasty  little  situation") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  little 
 
  The  adv  little  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (16)  little  --  (not  much  "he  talked  little  about  his  family") 



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