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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "least",
"partOfSpeech": "determiner, pronoun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.",
"sensetop": "the least of something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience."
},
{
"text": "She never had the least idea what to do about it."
},
{
"text": "He gave (the) least of all towards the wedding present."
},
{
"text": "How others see me is the least of my worries *(= I have more important things to worry about)*.",
"contextForm": "the least of something"
},
{
"text": "It's **the least I can do** to help *(= I feel I should do more)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used after amounts to show that the amount is the lowest possible",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It'll take a year, at the very least."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not at all",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Really, I'm not in the least tired."
},
{
"text": "‘Do you mind if I put the television on?’ ‘No, not in the least.’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not at all",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Normally I'm not the least bit shy."
},
{
"text": "He wasn't the slightest bit interested in answering our questions."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "without making something seem better, worse, more serious, etc. than it really is",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was surprised, to say the least."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːst/",
"audio": "le/least/least__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/liːst/",
"audio": "le/least/least__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English lǣst, lǣsest, of Germanic origin; related to less."
}