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Meaning of Lesser | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈlɛsɚ

Definitions

  1. a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
  2. A surname.

Equivalents

العربية أصغر أقل
Беларуская ме́ншы
Español menor
فارسی کوچک‌تر
Français moindre
हिन्दी उप- कनिष्ठा
Italiano minore
Português menor
Русский ме́ньший
Українська менший

Examples

“The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.”
“Into them Lesser inserts three intentionally similar heroines, annoying American expats in Cambridge, England,[ ]whose Anglophilia leads to a quite unwarranted amount of sightseeing.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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