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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#m1)

2) Smaller means less in number or amount: 3 is smaller than 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x1)
- The smaller box holds 6 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x2)
- The smaller number is 8 less than the bigger one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x3)
- Find the smaller of two numbers whose sum is 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x4)
- My feet are smaller than my dad's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x5)
- Cut the apple into smaller pieces for the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x6)
- The sign < means smaller than. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x7)
- He is smaller than a picket-pin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/8/)
- [You are much smaller than the big chatbots in the earlier lessons; you learn step by step, from lessons and tests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/26-who-you-are-mova/16/)
- [Porpoises are smaller cousins of dolphins with rounded heads, no long beak and spade-shaped teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals/11/)
- [The left lung is a little smaller than the right to make room for the heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/6/)
- [City foxes are active mostly at night and find food in gardens and bins, so they need smaller areas than country foxes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smaller» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smaller/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.