noun : LESSING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781) ;
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2. (
) English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919) ;
Adjective : LESSING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" ;
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2. (
) (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect" ;
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3. (
) (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less" ;
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