小さい — meaning in English

English meaning

• little adj Small in size.
• minify verb To make smaller.
• petty adj Minor or unimportant, especially compared to more serious matters.
• small adjective Limited in size, amount, or importance; not large.
• tiny adj Extremely small in size.

Senses

小さい is used for these senses in English:

• little Small in size.
• minify To make smaller.
• small (figuratively, incomparable) Young, as a child.
• tiny Very small.

little — full definition

1. adj Small in size.
2. adj Young, especially referring to a child.
3. det Not much; a small amount of something.
4. adv Not very much; to a small extent.
5. noun A small amount.

minify — full definition

1. verb To make smaller.
2. verb To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
3. verb To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.

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