Definition of small adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
You use small to describe something that is not significant or great in degree. It's quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work. No detail was too small to escape her attention.
having but little land, capital, power, influence, etc., or carrying on business or some activity on a limited scale: a small enterprise. of minor importance, moment, weight, or consequence: a small problem.
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There are 77 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word small, ten of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Adjective: small (smaller,smallest) smol Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent "a small car "; - little Relatively moderate, limited, or small "a small business "; " small-scale plans "; - minor, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized (of children and animals) young, immature "small children "; - little
