{
    "term": "least",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner, pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.",
            "sensetop": "the least of something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She never had the least idea what to do about it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave (the) least of all towards the wedding present."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How others see me is the least of my worries *(= I have more important things to worry about)*.",
                    "contextForm": "the least of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **the least I can do** to help *(= I feel I should do more)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used after amounts to show that the amount is the lowest possible",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It'll take a year, at the very least."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not at all",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Really, I'm not in the least tired."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you mind if I put the television on?’ ‘No, not in the least.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not at all",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Normally I'm not the least bit shy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wasn't the slightest bit interested in answering our questions."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "without making something seem better, worse, more serious, etc. than it really is",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was surprised, to say the least."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːst/",
                "audio": "le/least/least__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/liːst/",
                "audio": "le/least/least__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lǣst, lǣsest, of Germanic origin; related to less."
}