Least
adjective
Smallest in importance, degree, or quantity.
This is the least important task of the day.
Often appears as...
- least amount
- least effort
adverb
In the smallest amount or degree.
She comes least often of all my friends.
Often appears as...
- least often
- least likely
adverb
Used to indicate that a negative statement applies as a minimum.
He must be at least 60 years old.
Often appears as...
- at least
- at the very least
noun
The smallest amount or degree.
I always do the least possible to get by.
Often appears as...
- the least bit
- in the least
determiner
The smallest in degree, quantity, or number.
I don't have the least idea what's going on.
Often appears as...
- the least bit
- the least amount
conjunction
Used to introduce the fact that is the smallest amount or lowest degree possible.
I don't want to bother you, least of all on your birthday.
Often appears as...
- least of all
- the least bit
adjective
Smallest in importance, degree, or quantity.
This is the least important task of the day.
Often appears as...
- least amount
- least effort
adverb
In the smallest amount or degree.
She comes least often of all my friends.
Often appears as...
- least often
- least likely
adverb
Used to indicate that a negative statement applies as a minimum.
He must be at least 60 years old.
Often appears as...
- at least
- at the very least
noun
The smallest amount or degree.
I always do the least possible to get by.
Often appears as...
- the least bit
- in the least
determiner
The smallest in degree, quantity, or number.
I don't have the least idea what's going on.
Often appears as...
- the least bit
- the least amount
conjunction
Used to introduce the fact that is the smallest amount or lowest degree possible.
I don't want to bother you, least of all on your birthday.
Often appears as...
- least of all
- the least bit
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Comparative Significance
Use 'least' to compare the low importance among multiple things.
In the meeting, her point was the least convincing.
Pro Tip 2/2Noteworthy Negligence
'Least' often highlights something often overlooked or deemed unworthy of attention.
He paid the least attention to detail.
Pro Tip 1/2Comparative Significance
Use 'least' to compare the low importance among multiple things.
In the meeting, her point was the least convincing.
Pro Tip 2/2Noteworthy Negligence
'Least' often highlights something often overlooked or deemed unworthy of attention.
He paid the least attention to detail.
Pro Tip 1/2Comparative Significance
Use 'least' to compare the low importance among multiple things.
In the meeting, her point was the least convincing.
Pro Tip 2/2Noteworthy Negligence
'Least' often highlights something often overlooked or deemed unworthy of attention.
He paid the least attention to detail.
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Can you solve the temple...
and you can safely trust the majority in both trios since at least two people in each will be truthful. The temple collapses behind you as greenish vapors escape from two of the students. You're all safe and free from the curse. After that ordeal, you tell your group they all deserve a vacation,
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The benefits of good...
to behind your hip, to the front of your knee, to a few inches in front of your ankle. This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical,
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Is it bad to hold your...
Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis.
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Questions No One Knows...
could easily have spread out across the galaxy, perhaps creating giant energy-harvesting artifacts or fleets of colonizing spaceships or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise,
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Rethinking infidelity...
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Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
So give me just a sense of the tiger community, cow petting zoos, and all that. JOE Well, you're getting the world to pay for your hobby. Yeah. JOE At least that we have man enough to say, look, I own a roadside zoo and I breed tigers.
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Can you solve the...
and you cannot tell them any new information. What can you say to help free the prisoners without incurring the dictator's wrath? After thinking long and hard, you tell the crowd, "At least one of you has green eyes."
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Queen Ant Mating Season...
The rest of the workers take him into the nest. He has their support, at least for the time being. He's on probation. Until he actually mates with the queen, he could still be attacked. Another wing is removed.
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How blood pressure works...
and at least 2.5 billion times during an average lifetime. That may sound like an insurmountable amount of pressure, but don't worry, your arteries are well suited for the challenge.
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A message from the next...
dream yes we children should be encouraged to do what we like in particular girls should be encouraged more than they are now well at least in my country and this may
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Can you solve the temple...
and you can safely trust the majority in both trios since at least two people in each will be truthful. The temple collapses behind you as greenish vapors escape from two of the students. You're all safe and free from the curse. After that ordeal, you tell your group they all deserve a vacation,
Video examples
The benefits of good...
to behind your hip, to the front of your knee, to a few inches in front of your ankle. This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical,
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
could easily have spread out across the galaxy, perhaps creating giant energy-harvesting artifacts or fleets of colonizing spaceships or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise,
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
what is it about? The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner. But they find themselves in a conflict
Video examples
Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
So give me just a sense of the tiger community, cow petting zoos, and all that. JOE Well, you're getting the world to pay for your hobby. Yeah. JOE At least that we have man enough to say, look, I own a roadside zoo and I breed tigers.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
and you cannot tell them any new information. What can you say to help free the prisoners without incurring the dictator's wrath? After thinking long and hard, you tell the crowd, "At least one of you has green eyes."
Video examples
Queen Ant Mating Season...
The rest of the workers take him into the nest. He has their support, at least for the time being. He's on probation. Until he actually mates with the queen, he could still be attacked. Another wing is removed.
Video examples
How blood pressure works...
and at least 2.5 billion times during an average lifetime. That may sound like an insurmountable amount of pressure, but don't worry, your arteries are well suited for the challenge.
Video examples
A message from the next...
dream yes we children should be encouraged to do what we like in particular girls should be encouraged more than they are now well at least in my country and this may
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
I've never known anyone who was what he or she seemed; or at least, was only what he or she seemed. People carry worlds within them.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
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Keith Richards
English Musician
To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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Joss Stone
English Musician
Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.
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George Chapman
English Poet
Promise is most given when the least is said.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Quote examples
Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
Quote examples
Neil Gaiman
British Author
I've never known anyone who was what he or she seemed; or at least, was only what he or she seemed. People carry worlds within them.
Quote examples
Ronald Reagan
American President
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Quote examples
Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
Quote examples
Lou Holtz
American Coach
When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
Quote examples
Keith Richards
English Musician
To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.
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Joss Stone
English Musician
Life is good. Or at least, it's always interesting.
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George Chapman
English Poet
Promise is most given when the least is said.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
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