Phrase Hound found 48 phrases and 6 compound words that contain least. The most common are listed below. Open least in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 48
- to say the leastUsed to suggest an understatement.
- least of allto a lesser extent than anything else
- least squaresA method of fitting a straight line through a series of points such that the sum of the squares of the residuals is minimized
- least common multipleThe smallest positive integer which is divisible by (equivalently, is an integer multiple of) each of a specified finite set of integers.
- at very leastAlternative form of at the very least: At least; as an absolute minimum; emphatic form of at the least.
- least weaselThe common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.
- Least developed
- at the very leastAt least; as an absolute minimum; emphatic form of at the least.
- last but not leastAn expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.
- least significant bitThe bit (binary digit) that represents the smallest fraction of a value, its position depending on the endianness of the system.
- least countThe highest degree of accuracy of measurement that can be achieved.
- least flycatcherA small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.
- least willowEither of two species of willow:
- least worstLeast bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.
- least aukletAethia pusilla, a small auk.
- least-knownsuperlative form of little-known: most little-known
- path of least resistanceThe easiest way to do something.
- principle of least astonishmentA principle that the design should match the user's experience, expectations, and mental models.
- least fingerSynonym of little finger: The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
- least upper boundSynonym of supremum: (real analysis): Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element of X; (order theory): given a subset X of a partially ordered set P (with partial order ≤), the least element y of P such that …
- least significant bitsplural of least significant bit: The bit (binary digit) that represents the smallest fraction of a value, its position depending on the endianness of the system.
- principle of least actionA variational principle that, when applied to the action of a mechanical system, yields the equations of motion for that system. It states that the trajectories (i.e. the solutions of the equations of motion) are stationary points of the …
- least significant byteThe byte of a multibyte number with the least importance: that is, the byte stored last on a big-endian system or first on a little-endian system.
- least ternSternula antillarum, a small tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America.
- least sandpiperCalidris minutilla, a small shorebird.
Compound words 6
- leastnessThe quality of being least.
- alderleastLeast of all.
- leastwaysat least
- leastawaysAnyway; at least; regardless. Indicates support or degree of a previous statement.
- leastwiseAt least.
- leastestleast.