Definitions for: Least


[adv] used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"
[adj] having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least bittern"
[adj] minimal in magnitude; "lowest wages"; "the least amount of fat allowed"; "the smallest amount"



Webster (1913) Definition: Least, a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l?sast, l?sest, superl.
of l?ssa less. See Less, a.] [Used as the superlative of
little.]
Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most
unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least
space.

Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun.

I am the least of the apostles. --1 Cor. xv.
9.

At least, or At the least, at the least estimate,
consideration, chance, etc.; hence, at any rate; at all
events; even. See However.

He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses The
tempted with dishonor. --Milton.

Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he
were a man, who sat as on horseback. --Sir P.
Sidney.


In least, or In the least, in the least degree, manner,
etc. ``He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.'' --Luke xvi. 10.

Least squares (Math.), a method of deducing from a number
of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of
a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown
quantities.

Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most
probable values are those which make the sum of the
squares of the residual errors of the observation a
minimum.


Least, adv.
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all
others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.


Least, conj.
See Lest, conj. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Synonyms: little, littlest, lowest, minimal, minimum, small, smallest, to the lowest degree

Antonyms: most, to the highest degree

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