Least
14 definitions retrieved  Least \Least\ (l[=e]st), a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l[=ae]sast, l[=ae]sest, superl. of l[=ae]ssa 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] 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] Least \Least\, conj. See Lest, conj. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Leastways  least adv 1: used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake" [syn: least, {to the lowest degree}] [ant: most, to the highest degree] 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" [ant: most(a)] n 1: something that is of no importance; "it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns"  least [liːst] am wenigsten; geringst; geringste; kleinst; kleinste; letzte; wenigst; wenigste least) [liːst] kaum; klein; schwerlich; wenig  least legcsekélyebb legjelentéktelenebb legkevesebb legkisebb  least [liːst] minst kleinste; minste  least (lowest) common denominator kleinster gemeinsamer Nenner least am geringsten; am wenigsten; am kleinsten least letzte least kleinst...; geringst...; wenigst ... least wenigst; geringst; kleinst  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 Least related |
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