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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
little
a small amount or duration (Freq. 12) - he accepted the little they gave him • Hypernyms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent (Freq. 163) - a little dining room - a little house - a small car - a little (or small) group • Syn: small • Ant: big, large (for: small) • Similar to: atomic, subatomic, bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy, dinky, dwarfish, elfin, elflike, gnomish, half-size, infinitesimal, minute, lesser, microscopic, microscopical, micro, miniature, minuscule, miniscule, olive-sized, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable, puny, runty, shrimpy, slender, slim, smaller, littler, smallish, small-scale, undersize, undersized • Derivationally related forms: littleness, smallness (for: small) • Attrubites: size 2. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with 'a') at least some (Freq. 71) - little rain fell in May - gave it little thought - little time is left - we still have little money - a little hope remained - there's slight chance that it will work - there's a slight chance it will work • Syn: slight • Ant: much • Similar to: small • See Also: less 3. (of children and animals) young, immature (Freq. 12) - what a big little boy you are - small children • Syn: small • Similar to: young, immature 4. (informal) small and of little importance (Freq. 8) - 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 - 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 • Syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial • Similar to: unimportant • Derivationally related forms: trivialize (for: trivial), trivia (for: trivial), triviality (for: trivial), pettiness (for: petty), littleness • Usage Domain: colloquialism 5. (of a voice) faint (Freq. 3) - a little voice - a still small voice • Syn: small • Similar to: soft • Derivationally related forms: smallness (for: small), littleness 6. low in stature; not tall - he was short and stocky - short in stature - a short smokestack - a little man • Syn: short • Ant: tall (for: short) • Similar to: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy, compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset, half-length, pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off, short-stalked, squab, squabby • See Also: low • Derivationally related forms: shortness (for: short) • Attrubites: stature, height 7. lowercase - little a - small a - e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters • Syn: minuscule, small • Similar to: lowercase 8. 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 • Similar to: emotional
not much (Freq. 16) - he talked little about his family
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