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# slight

«slight» in Mova's school dictionary: **small, not much or not important** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (slight, slighter, slightest); noun (a slight, slights); verb (slight, slights, slighted, slighting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Slight means small, not much or not important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m1)

2) Slight means thin and small in body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m2)

3) A slight is a small insult, like ignoring someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m3)

4) To slight someone is to insult them by ignoring them or treating them as unimportant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: «a slight cold», «a slight chance of rain». In maths and science: «a slight increase» = a small change. Phrases: «not in the slightest» (= not at all), «a slight difference», «slightly».

### examples

- I have a slight headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x1)
- There's a slight chance of rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x2)
- The temperature showed a slight rise, from 20 to 21 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x3)
- She was slight but very strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x4)
- I'm not in the slightest bit tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x5)
- He felt slighted when they didn't invite him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x6)
- Nothing that I could say had the slightest effect on him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slight/#x7)

### note

Adverb: slightly (= a little). «Not in the slightest» = not at all. Homophone pair with «sleight» (as in «sleight of hand»). In maths, «slight» is a small change, but it does not give a number.

### In the corpora

- [When Alice asks the answer to the riddle, the Hatter says he has not the slightest idea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/7/)
- [A sore arm or a slight fever for a day or two after a jab is the immune system responding, not the disease.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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