Found 2 items, similar to Least.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: least
least
adv : used to form the superlative;
“The garter snake is the least
dangerous snake” [syn:
to the lowest degree] [ant:
most]
least
adj 1: the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns
and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning
smallest in amount or extent or degree;
“didn't care
the least bit”;
“he has the least talent of anyone”
[syn:
least(a)] [ant:
most(a)]
2: minimal in magnitude;
“lowest wages”;
“the least amount of
fat allowed”;
“the smallest amount” [syn:
lowest,
smallest]
3: having or being distinguished by diminutive size;
“the least
bittern” [syn:
littlest,
smallest]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Least
Least
\Least\ (l[=e]st), a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l[=ae]sast,
l[=ae]sest, superl. of l[=ae]ssa less. See
Less, a.] [Used
as the superlative of little.]
Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most
unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least
space.
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Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun.
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I am the least of the apostles. --1 Cor. xv.
9.
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At least, or
At the least, at the least estimate,
consideration, chance, etc.; being no less than; hence, at
any rate; at all events; even. See
However.
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He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses
The tempted with dishonor. --Milton.
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Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he
were a man, who sat as on horseback. --Sir P.
Sidney.
In least, or
In the least, in the least degree, manner,
etc.
“He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.” --Luke xvi. 10.
Least squares (Math.), a method of deducing from a number
of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of
a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown
quantities.
Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most
probable values are those which make the sum of the
squares of the residual errors of the observation a
minimum.
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Least
\Least\, adv.
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all
others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
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Least
\Least\, conj.
See
Lest, conj. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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