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How to say the word "less" in quantity in English?

"Less" can be expressed as less in English.

Lexical analysis:

fewer/ lesser

English pronunciation: [les]

Chinese explanation: less; Less; smaller

Word form:

Comparison grade: lower

Highest level: lowest

Derivative word: insignificant

Example:

We eat more and exercise less and less.

We eat more and exercise less.

Phrases:

1 less than

2, do not reduce the same; On a par; As before

3, not less than, not less than ...; just as

4. Less and less; on the decrease

Extended data

Usage of less:

1, less is the comparative of little, which basically means "less", indicating that one object has less volume, quantity or composition than other objects.

2.less is often used to modify uncountable nouns, but when there are numerals or several nouns before them, they can be counted later.

3. When time, distance, money and other phrases are regarded as a whole, less can be used to modify countable nouns.

4. In some phrases, less can be used to modify countable nouns when the speaker focuses on the approximate quantity of something without calculating the exact quantity; Used in exclamatory sentences, less can be followed by countable nouns.

5. The strength of two components connected by not less than is always behind the previous one.