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UK
/smˈɔːl/
]
[ US /ˈsmɔɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈsmɔɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
relatively moderate, limited, or small
a small business
a pocket-size country
small-scale plans
a newspaper with a modest circulation -
(of children and animals) young, immature
what a big little boy you are
small children -
have fine or very small constituent particles
a small misty rain -
not large but sufficient in size or amount
modest inflation
helped in my own small way
a modest salary -
low or inferior in station or quality
a humble cottage
a modest man of the people
a lowly parish priest
small beginnings -
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
a little dining room
a small car
a little house
a little (or small) group -
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
her comments made me feel small -
(of a voice) faint
a still small voice
a little voice -
slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
a series of death struggles with small time in between -
lowercase
little a
e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
small a
NOUN
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person
ADVERB
-
on a small scale
think small
How To Use small In A Sentence
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.
- Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
- Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
- Just before serving, prepare a few small cheese ravioli and place them in each bowl before you add the soup.
- I think a lot of players from bigger clubs have spent time on loan at smaller clubs and it has really helped.
- And those involved are pretty small: a few degrees between cooler land and warmer ocean at night, a few tens of degrees between tropics and poles. Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet
- I usually sqirt a drop or two on the front and back of my boots, and a few drops on a wick around the stand. i never used the buck pee though. i have used a couple of tarsal glands from a buck that my friend killed. had small buck circle the tree i hung it from a couple times. When to use What deer pee?
- The league was a little smaller, a little clubbier, and there was a lot more opportunity for one-on-one chats. Globe and Mail
- The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made. Les Miserables