SMALL


Meaning of SMALL in English

(~er, ~est)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

A ~ person, thing, or amount of something is not large in physical size.

She is ~ for her age...

The window was far too ~ for him to get through...

Stick them on using a ~ amount of glue.

? large

ADJ

~ness

Amy had not mentioned the ~ness and bareness of Luis’s home.

? largeness

N-UNCOUNT

2.

A ~ group or quantity consists of only a few people or things.

A ~ group of students meets regularly to learn Japanese...

Guns continued to be produced in ~ numbers.

? large

ADJ

3.

A ~ child is a very young child.

I have a wife and two ~ children...

What were you like when you were ~?

= young, little

ADJ

4.

You use ~ to describe something that is not significant or great in degree.

It’s quite easy to make quite ~ changes to the way that you work...

No detail was too ~ to escape her attention...

= minor

? major

ADJ

5.

Small businesses or companies employ a ~ number of people and do business with a ~ number of clients.

...shops, restaurants and other ~ businesses...

ADJ

6.

If someone makes you look or feel ~, they make you look or feel stupid or ashamed.

This may just be another of her schemes to make me look ~...

ADJ: v-link ADJ

7.

The ~ of your back is the bottom part of your back that curves in slightly.

Place your hands on the ~ of your back and breathe in.

N-SING: the N of n

8.

the ~ hours: see hour

~ wonder: see wonder

see also ~s

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