Lesser - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc.

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Ancillary staff

noun

A person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, system, etc.

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The employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries

adjective

Providing support or help

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Ancillary staff/workers, an ancillary role, campaigning to change government policy is ancillary to…

adjective

Providing supplementary or additional help and support.

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Auxiliary airport staff

noun

An auxiliary person or thing.

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A nursing auxiliary

adjective

Giving help or support, esp. to a more important person or thing

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The hospital has an auxiliary power supply in case of a power failure.

adjective

Lower in rank, status, or quality.

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Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun

A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

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Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective

Not good, or not as good as someone or something else

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Inferior to these products are inferior to those we bought last year., she cited cases in which wom…

adjective

Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

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The sum required was insignificant compared with military spending

adjective

Not important or thought to be valuable

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Her problems seemed pretty insignificant compared to her brother’s., my colleagues despised this ma…

adjective

Small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered important

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Why bother arguing about such an insignificant amount of money?, the difference between the two res…

adjective

Less high in position.

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The lower levels of the building

adverb

Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.

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Lower cretaceous

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

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He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

adjective

Relating to or at the edge or margin.

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Marginal notes

noun

A seat in a parliament or on a council that is held by a small majority and is at risk in an election.

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She is defending a key marginal for the tories

adjective

Small in amount or effect

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The difference between the two bids was marginal., i think his guess is only marginally better than…

adjective

Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.

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She requested a number of minor alterations

noun

A person under the age of full legal responsibility.

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The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb

Short for minor suit.

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A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

adjective

Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

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The peripheral areas of europe

noun

A peripheral device.

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Printers and other peripherals

adjective

Not central or of main importance

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First of all, we had to find out who the thief was – getting the money back was a peripheral issue.

adjective

Of little importance; trivial.

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Both groups are known to fight over petty issues

adjective

Small or of little importance

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A petty thief, i don’t have time for petty matters like that., retaliating against the people who h…

prefix

In words adopted from latin originally meaning ‘apart’ (as in separate ) or meaning ‘without’ (as in secure ).

abbreviation

South-east or south-eastern.

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Se regional offices

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 34, a grey crystalline non-metal with semiconducting properties.

adjective

Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.

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The plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters

noun

Former term for mesozoic.

adjective

Less important than related things

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A coach’s first responsibility is to the team – everything else is secondary., the secondary curric…

adjective

Small in degree; inconsiderable.

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A slight increase

verb

Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.

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He was desperate not to slight a guest

verb

Raze or destroy (a fortification)

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A council determined whether the fort should be kept or slighted

adjective

Less important than but related or supplementary to something.

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A subsidiary flue of the main chimney

noun

A company controlled by a holding company.

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A subsidiary of cable and wireless

adjective

Provided in addition to what is already present or available to complete or enhance it.

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Many premature infants need supplemental oxygen soon after birth

adjective

→  supplementary

adjective

Completing or enhancing something.

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The programme offers supplementary information about the news

noun

A supplementary person or thing.

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Obviously we are a panel of three and different members of the panel will explore different issues,…

adjective

Added to something else in order to improve it or complete it

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Teachers often create supplementary materials for their classes., some workers are eligible for sup…

adjective

Lacking in importance or significance.

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Trivial and unimportant details

adjective

Not important

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The money we lost is relatively unimportant, but the emotional stress of being robbed is hard to ge…