Definition/Meaning of less

• English - Adverb: less ( not comparable ) To smaller extent . In lower degree . This is a less bad solution than I thought possible . Antonyms more Translations
• English - Adjective: less ( superlative least ) ( now archaic except with numbers ) comparative form of little : more little ; smaller . [from 11th c .] 1624 , John Smith , Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p . 141: Those Rattels are somewhat like the chape of a Rapier , but lesse [...]. A smaller amount (of); not as much . [from 14th c .] I have less than you have;
• English - Preposition: less Minus; not including It should then tax all of that as personal income , less the proportion of the car's annual mileage demonstrably clocked up on company business . Antonyms plus Translations
• English - Verb: less ( third-person singular simple present lesses , present participle lessing , simple past and past participle lessed ) ( obsolete ) To make less; to lessen . (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?) Derived terms
• English - Conjunction: less ( obsolete ) unless (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)