lesser degree
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflesseranddegree
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withdegree.
lesser
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈles.ər/us/ˈles.ɚ/
used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as ...
See more atlesser
degree
noun
uk/dɪˈɡriː/us/dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
See more atdegree
(Definition oflesseranddegreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflesser degree
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
This book does so to a muchlesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Responses are generally elevated and prolonged, but to alesserdegreethan with picrotoxin.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Their parents choose for them to a greater or alesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As such, like every real boundary, it is necessarily extended to a greater orlesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But they are the same properties that mundane non-divine things possess, to alesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A weaker version may assume some specificity with alesserdegreeof admixture.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The median distances tend to show the same phenomena but to alesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To a greater orlesserdegreeofficeholding was exclusive within all of these parishes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This cohesion was driven principally by politics, and to alesserdegreeby economics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For most investors, these liabilities are linked, in greater orlesserdegree, to inflation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To alesserdegree, this same problem will occur with heterogeneous clinic samples.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The project served both functional and, to alesserdegree, empowering purposes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The rules in the minimal set are solving to alesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Photoinhibition also occurred in the shaded plants but to a muchlesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The psychosocial impact of other forms of cancer, including melanoma and lymphoma, has been investigated to alesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Moreover, sentence structure influences the use of relative markers in each variety to a greater orlesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Of these, three were celestial events, whereas the other five were magical or miraculous in greater orlesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unexpectedly, the quality of the relationship also associated with age, but to alesserdegreethan the other two dimensions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In contrast, in weaker social settings, adopters can be expected to influence their peers to alesserdegree.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our study has also shown that had has risen to alesserdegreeand that hid has centralized.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Predominant symptoms upon inclusion and patient age have an impact on effectiveness and, to alesserdegree, on costs.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All mental disorders are genetically mediated and have a greater orlesserdegreeof genetic influence and expression.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Any analysis that places distinct phenomena in historical context implies a greater orlesserdegreeof continuity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition oflesser
Go to the definition ofdegree
See other collocations withdegree