small
Từ điển Collocation
small adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become, get, grow The gap seemed to be getting smaller. The kite grew smaller and smaller and finally disappeared altogether. | remain, stay Choose plants that will stay quite small.
ADV. extremely, really, terribly, very | a bit, fairly, pretty, quite, rather, relatively
PREP. for My coat was rather small for Bob.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person
adj.
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; little
a little dining room
a little house
a small car
a little (or small) group
- limited in size or scope; minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
a small business
a newspaper with a modest circulation
small-scale plans
a pocket-size country
- low or inferior in station or quality; humble, low, lowly, modest
a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings
- (of children and animals) young, immature; little
what a big little boy you are
small children
- not large but sufficient in size or amount; modest
a modest salary
modest inflation
helped in my own small way
- (of a voice) faint; little
a little voice
a still small voice
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; small(a)
a series of death struggles with small time in between
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); belittled, diminished
her comments made me feel small
- lowercase; little, minuscule
little a
small a
e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
- have fine or very small constituent particles
a small misty rain
adv.
- on a small scale
think small
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
smaller|smallest
syn.: insignificant little puny slight trivial unimportant
ant.: large
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