small

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.6 Anagrams 2 Swedish 2.1 Verb form

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /smɔːl/, SAMPA: /smO:l/
• (US) IPA: /smɔl/, SAMPA: /smOl/
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• Rhymes: -ɔːl

[edit] Etymology

Old English smæl

[edit] Adjective

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.

   A small serving of ice cream.

   A small group.

   He made us all feel small.

2. (figuratively) Young, as a child.

   Remember when the children were small?

3. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.

[edit] Synonyms

• Wikisaurus has an article on “tiny” in the sense of “small in size”.
• (not large or big): little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny
• (young, as a child): little, wee (Scottish), young
• (of written letters): lowercase, minuscule

[edit] Antonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:large
• (not large or big): capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large
• (young, as a child): adult, grown-up, old
• (of written letters): big, capital, majuscule, uppercase

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

1. In a small fashion.

[edit] Derived terms

• writ small

[edit] Noun

small (plural smalls)

1. Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
2. (British, in plural) Underclothes.

[edit] Derived terms

• small of the back

[edit] Anagrams

• malls

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Verb form

small

1. Past tense of smälla.