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Wat (wie) is little - definitie
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Littlest; Lilttel; Little (disambiguation)
little
¦ adjective
1. small in size, amount, or degree.
(of a person) young or younger: my little brother.
denoting something that is the smaller or smallest of those so named.
2. of short distance or duration.
3. trivial or unimportant.
¦ determiner & pronoun
1. (a little) a small amount of.
a short time or distance.
2. not much.
¦ adverb (less, least)
1. (a little) to a small extent.
2. hardly or not at all.
Phrases
little by little gradually.
no little considerable.
not a little a great deal (of).
?very.
Derivatives
littleness noun
Origin
OE ly?tel, of Gmc origin.
LITTLE
A typeless language used to produce machine-independent
software. LITTLE has been used to implement SETL.
"Guide to the LITTLE Language", D. Shields, LITTLE Newsletter
33, Courant Inst (Aug 1977).
little
I. DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little.
I had little money and little free time...
I find that I need very little sleep these days...
There is little doubt that a diet high in fibre is more satisfying...
So far little progress has been made towards ending the fighting...
DET: DET n-uncount
•
Little is also a quantifier.
Little of the existing housing is of good enough quality...
? much
QUANT: QUANT of def-n
•
Little is also a pronoun.
In general, employers do little to help the single working mother...
Little is known about his childhood.
PRON
2.
Little means not very often or to only a small extent.
On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little...
ADV: ADV with v
3.
A little of something is a small amount of it, but not very much. You can also say a very little.
Mrs Caan needs a little help getting her groceries home...
A little food would do us all some good...
I shall be only a very little time.
DET: DET n-uncount
•
Little is also a pronoun.
They get paid for it. Not much. Just a little.
PRON
•
Little is also a quantifier.
Pour a little of the sauce over the chicken...
I'm sure she won't mind sparing us a little of her time.
QUANT: QUANT of def-n-uncount/sing
4.
If you do something a little, you do it for a short time.
He walked a little by himself in the garden.
ADV: ADV after v
5.
A little or a little bit means to a small extent or degree.
He complained a little of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades...
He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction...
If you have to drive when you are tired, go a little more slowly than you would normally...
ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj/adv
6.
If something happens little by little, it happens very gradually.
In the beginning he had felt well, but little by little he was becoming weaker...
= gradually
PHRASE: PHR with cl
II. ADJECTIVE USES
(littler, littlest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: The comparative 'littler' and the superlative 'littlest' are sometimes used in spoken English for meanings 1, 3, and 4, but otherwise the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective 'little' are not used.
1.
We sat around a little table, eating and drinking wine.
...the little group of art students.
= small
? big
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
You use little to indicate that someone or something is small, in a pleasant and attractive way.
She's got the nicest little house not far from the library.
...a little old lady...
James usually drives a little hatchback.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
A little child is young.
I have a little boy of 8...
When I was little I was very hyper-active.
ADJ
4.
Your little sister or brother is younger than you are.
Whenever Daniel's little sister was asked to do something she always had a naughty reply.
? big
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
A little distance, period of time, or event is short in length.
Just go down the road a little way, turn left, and cross the bridge...
Why don't we just wait a little while and see what happens...
I've been wanting to have a little talk with you.
? long
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
A little sound or gesture is quick.
I had a little laugh to myself...
She stood up quickly, giving a little cry of astonishment...
He turned with a little nod and I watched him walk away.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
You use little to indicate that something is not serious or important.
...irritating little habits...
Harry found himself getting angry over little things that had never bothered him before.
ADJ: ADJ n
Wikipedia
Little
Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to:
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor little
1. Little by little, Afghanistan lost its sovereignty.
2. "Little by little, we give them the confidence." Starting little is getting big in languages.
3. Very little goals, very little entertainment, very little of anything of note.
4. There was little fanfare and little press coverage.
5. Little progress By 2005, however, little progress had been made.