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The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Meaning of "small" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SMALL

Old English smæl; related to Old High German smal, Old Norse smali small cattle.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SMALL

small  [smɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Small can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SMALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of small in the English dictionary

The first definition of small in the dictionary is comparatively little; limited in size, number, importance, etc. Other definition of small is of little importance or on a minor scale. Small is also lacking in moral or mental breadth or depth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMALL


all
ɔːl
ball
bɔːl
baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
bemaul
bɪˈmɔːl
call
kɔːl
fall
fɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
hall
hɔːl
install
ɪnˈstɔːl
maul
mɔːl
Montreal
ˌmɒntrɪˈɔːl
Nepal
nɪˈpɔːl
overall
ˈəʊvərˌɔːl
Paul
pɔːl
recall
rɪˈkɔːl
Senegal
ˌsɛnɪˈɡɔːl
tall
tɔːl
ultrasmall
ˌʌltrəˈsmɔːl
wall
wɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMALL

smaik
small ad
small ads
small advertisement
small alison
small arms
small barbel
small beer
small calorie
small capital
small change
small chop
small circle
small claims court
small end
small ermine
small fortune
small forward
small fry
small game

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMALL

after all
and all
at all
feel small
for all
go to the wall
hole in the wall
in all
Kendall
mall
Marshall
on the ball
outlet mall
pall-mall
pedestrian mall
shall
shopping mall
the Fall
the small
you-all

Synonyms and antonyms of small in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SMALL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «small» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of small

Translation of «small» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMALL

Find out the translation of small to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of small from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «small» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pequeño
570 millions of speakers

English

small
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छोटे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صَغِير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

маленький
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pequeno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

klein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小さい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

작은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cilik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhỏ bé
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

küçük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piccolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

малий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

liten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of small

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMALL»

The term «small» is very widely used and occupies the 442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of small
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «small».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «small» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «small» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about small

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10 QUOTES WITH «SMALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word small.
1
Billie Joe Armstrong
The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.
2
Andrea Arnold
As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.
3
Matthew Arnold
It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done.
4
Lou Barletta
I'm Lou Barletta, and I'm a small town defender.
5
Mark Batterson
I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does.
6
Peter Baynham
I was a pedantic child. I'd get really annoyed at the logic of small things that don't bother anyone else.
7
Simon Beaufoy
For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.
8
Kate Bernheimer
I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?
9
Derek Blasberg
For me, in a world full of armies of stylists and makeup artists, what I think truly makes a fashion icon is how a girl dresses when she's off duty and she has to put her own looks together - no small challenge!
10
Suzy Bogguss
A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMALL»

Discover the use of small in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to small and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Small Book
Describes the theories behind Rational Recovery and provides guidelines for the recovering individual
Jack Trimpey, 1995
2
Small Books and Pleasant Histories: Popular Fiction and Its ...
Dr Spufford's book examines the profits made by these publishers, the scale of their operations, and the way the 'small books' were distributed throughout the country.
Margaret Spufford, 1985
3
Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge, ...
This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region.
Jon Barnett, John Campbell, 2010
4
Rational Recovery from Alcoholism: The Small Book
THE SMALL BOOK is a no-nonsense, get-better-now directive to addicts who want a better life.
Jack Trimpey, 1989
5
A Handbook of Small Data Sets
This book should be of interest to statistics lecturers who want ready-made data sets complete with notes for teaching.
David J. Hand, Fergus Daly, K. McConway, 1993
6
Small, Smart & Practical Track Plans
Features custom-designed prototype-oriented HO and N scale layout designs and perspective drawings for spaces no larger than 10 x 12 feet. Perfect for modelers second project layout or a portable railroad that travels well.
‎2000
7
Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger
DIVArgues that the many forms of ethnic violence around the world, both internal and transnational, need to be seen in the context of globalization./div "In this book, Appadurai follows up "Modernity at Large" with a look into the seamy ...
Arjun Appadurai, 2006
8
Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American ...
Nine psychologists, members of the Task Force on Television and Society appointed by the American Psychological Association, have collaborated on Big World, Small Screen. Three themes guide this work.
‎1992
9
The God of Small Things
International No 1 Bestseller. Winner Of The 1997 Booker Prize &Nbsp;
Arundhati Roy, 2002
10
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
Accessible and stimulating introduction to Roger Penrose's vision of theoretical physics for the twenty-first century.
Malcolm Longair, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term small is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Boxing champion Anthony Small cleared of plotting to join IS
The jury was told Mr Small - who won the British and Commonwealth light middleweight championships in 2009 - was not with the pair as he had broken his ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Small volcanic eruption closes parts of resort near Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - A small volcanic eruption at a Japanese hot springs resort not far from Tokyo prompted authorities on Tuesday to further limit access to the ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
3
Health insurance waiver 'a huge relief' for small businesses
In a victory for small businesses in Massachusetts, the federal government Tuesday agreed to delay imposing health-insurance rules that many feared would ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
4
Boxing champion Anthony Small 'wanted to join IS'
Ex-boxer Anthony Small, 33, is accused of trying to go to Syria after spreading terrorist material online. He was arrested after two other men - Michael Coe and ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
5
Amazon Debuts Free Shipping on Small Goods, No Minimum Order
Amazon.com Inc. is introducing free shipping on thousands of popular, smaller items -- makeup, mobile phone accessories, earplugs -- in its Web store, without ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
6
Hate Making Small Talk? One Approach ANYONE Can Use
I dread the thought of walking up to people I don't know and making small talk. Not because I don't like people, but because in that situation I really don't like me. «Pulse, May 15»
7
Small earthquakes shake Northern and Southern California …
Small earthquakes hundreds of miles apart have rattled communities east of Los Angeles and San Francisco. The largest of the quakes was a magnitude-3.9 ... «Fox News, May 15»
8
Madison Small And The Threat Of Bacterial Meningitis
Eighteen-year old high school student Madison Small of Ashburn, Virginia is dead after a swift and unexpected bacterial infection, reported ABC News. Small, an ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
9
3D Printer for Small Molecules Opens Access to Customized …
Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have simplified the chemical synthesis of small molecules, eliminating a major bottleneck that limits the exploration of ... «Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Mar 15»
10
A Craft Beer Tax Battle Is Brewing On Capitol Hill
"So these are small business folks that are risk-takers, that are trying to take ... Small beer is big business, not just in McHenry's district, but around the country. «NPR, Mar 15»

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