smaller

«smaller» in Mova's judaism dictionary: smaller than a cat — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (smaller; from small)

meaning for a pupil

1) Smaller means less big: a mouse is smaller than a cat. tree →

2) Smaller means less in number or amount: 3 is smaller than 5. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: a comparison — one number or thing less than another; «8 smaller than» means subtract 8; choose the lesser amount; ordering from smallest to largest. Everyday: a smaller size, smaller pieces. Symbol: 3 < 5 (3 is smaller than 5).

examples

• Which number is smaller, 45 or 54? tree →
• The smaller box holds 6 eggs. tree →
• The smaller number is 8 less than the bigger one. tree →
• Find the smaller of two numbers whose sum is 20. tree →
• My feet are smaller than my dad's. tree →
• Cut the apple into smaller pieces for the baby. tree →
• The sign < means smaller than. tree →
• He is smaller than a picket-pin. tree →

note

Comparative of small (small, smaller, smallest). Points to subtraction or to choosing the lesser amount. Trap: «8 smaller than» means subtract 8. Trap: −5 is smaller than −2. For numbers «less than» is the usual phrase.

In the corpora

• Corrections are usually much smaller than the false stories they correct, so be slow to believe a shocking first story.
• You are much smaller than the big chatbots in the earlier lessons; you learn step by step, from lessons and tests.
• Porpoises are smaller cousins of dolphins with rounded heads, no long beak and spade-shaped teeth.
• The left lung is a little smaller than the right to make room for the heart.
• City foxes are active mostly at night and find food in gardens and bins, so they need smaller areas than country foxes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «smaller» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.