Iota
noun
A very small amount or detail.
He's not one iota interested in doing his homework.
Often appears as...
- not one iota
- without an iota
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Colloquial
noun
The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
In the Greek alphabet, 'iota' comes between 'theta' and 'kappa'.
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Academic
noun
A very small amount or detail.
He's not one iota interested in doing his homework.
Often appears as...
- not one iota
- without an iota
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
In the Greek alphabet, 'iota' comes between 'theta' and 'kappa'.
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasizing Negligibility
Use 'iota' to stress the negligible degree of something when making comparisons or arguments.
There isn't an iota of truth in his excuse.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Emphasis
'Not one iota' is a common phrase used to emphasize a total lack of something.
She didn't show one iota of remorse.
Pro Tip 3/3Understatement
'Iota' can understate the significance of something, often for ironic or humorous effect.
I have an iota of a chance to win the lottery.
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasizing Negligibility
Use 'iota' to stress the negligible degree of something when making comparisons or arguments.
There isn't an iota of truth in his excuse.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Emphasis
'Not one iota' is a common phrase used to emphasize a total lack of something.
She didn't show one iota of remorse.
Pro Tip 3/3Understatement
'Iota' can understate the significance of something, often for ironic or humorous effect.
I have an iota of a chance to win the lottery.
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasizing Negligibility
Use 'iota' to stress the negligible degree of something when making comparisons or arguments.
There isn't an iota of truth in his excuse.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Emphasis
'Not one iota' is a common phrase used to emphasize a total lack of something.
She didn't show one iota of remorse.
Pro Tip 3/3Understatement
'Iota' can understate the significance of something, often for ironic or humorous effect.
I have an iota of a chance to win the lottery.
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Lessons from fashion's...
changed by one iota and to be current and to be now you might also be asking whether it's possible that this is illegal for her to do this well it turns out it's actually not illegal in the fashion industry there's very little
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Paula Johnson: His and...
What a lost opportunity. The money had been spent and we didn't learn how women fared. And these studies could not contribute one iota to the very, very important question,
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Penguins Huddle To Keep...
as for the fathers they get a lingering sunset it's the last sunshine they'll see for more than two months and the end of the last iota of warmth
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Lessons from fashion's...
changed by one iota and to be current and to be now you might also be asking whether it's possible that this is illegal for her to do this well it turns out it's actually not illegal in the fashion industry there's very little
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Paula Johnson: His and...
What a lost opportunity. The money had been spent and we didn't learn how women fared. And these studies could not contribute one iota to the very, very important question,
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Penguins Huddle To Keep...
as for the fathers they get a lingering sunset it's the last sunshine they'll see for more than two months and the end of the last iota of warmth
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Quote examples
Glenda Jackson
British Actress
If a woman is successful, then she's deemed to be the exception that proves the rule. If a woman fails, well, we're all failures. That kind of underlying approach to our gender doesn't seem to me to have changed an iota.
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Tom Morello
American Musician
My music is - there's no litmus test, there's no political litmus test for listening to it - but I am never going to compromise one iota to satisfy with someone who's uncomfortable with the ideas I feel in my heart.
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Andrei Tarkovsky
Russian Director
The director's task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the truth he has seen, even if not everyone finds that truth acceptable.
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Timothy Spall
English Actor
It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.
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Hill Harper
American Actor
Being a celebrity doesn't have an iota of value when you're looking death in the eye.
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Gustave Courbet
French Artist
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
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Jack Kevorkian
American Activist
Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.
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Sharad Pawar
Indian Politician
False perceptions are being created about me without an iota of proof.
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Donald Sutherland
Canadian Actor
I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.
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Glenda Jackson
British Actress
If a woman is successful, then she's deemed to be the exception that proves the rule. If a woman fails, well, we're all failures. That kind of underlying approach to our gender doesn't seem to me to have changed an iota.
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Tom Morello
American Musician
My music is - there's no litmus test, there's no political litmus test for listening to it - but I am never going to compromise one iota to satisfy with someone who's uncomfortable with the ideas I feel in my heart.
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Andrei Tarkovsky
Russian Director
The director's task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the truth he has seen, even if not everyone finds that truth acceptable.
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Timothy Spall
English Actor
It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
In all my characters, I try to find an iota of myself, and in Castle, I found a lot. He gets away with a lot, so that's fun.
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Hill Harper
American Actor
Being a celebrity doesn't have an iota of value when you're looking death in the eye.
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Gustave Courbet
French Artist
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
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Jack Kevorkian
American Activist
Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.
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Sharad Pawar
Indian Politician
False perceptions are being created about me without an iota of proof.
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Donald Sutherland
Canadian Actor
I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.
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