Least
//liːst//
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The word "least" can be used as adjective, noun, determiner, adverb, pronoun, prep_phrase, adverb and adjective.
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Fermat's principle of least time alderleast at least at the least at the very least in the least last but not least least auklet least bittern least boobook least common denominator least common multiple least count least finger least flycatcher least of all least resistance least sandpiper least shrew least significant bit least significant byte least squares least tern least upper bound least weasel least willow least worst leastness leastwise line of least resistance log-linear least-squares method method of least squares not in the least not least path of least resistance principle of least action principle of least astonishment principle of least knowledge principle of least surprise principle of least time to say the least
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