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Lesser

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈlɛsɚ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolmenor
Françaismoindre
9 more languages
العربيةأصغرأقل
Беларускаяме́ншы
فارسیکوچک‌تر
Italianominore
Portuguêsmenor
Русскийме́ньший
Українськаменший

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
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