lesser extent

collocation in English

meaningsoflesserandextent

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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 ...
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extent
noun[S or U]
uk
/ɪkˈstent/us
/ɪkˈstent/
area or ...
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(Definition oflesserandextentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflesser extent

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It also draws on an extensive literature on space, spanning linguistics, psychology, cognitive studies, and, to a considerablylesserextent, philosophy and anthropology.
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These were replicated to a greater andlesserextentthroughout the kingdom.
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These taxes do require an organizational capacity to collect information and penetrate society, but to alesserextentthan income and land taxes.
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The formation of towns recommenced, however, in the first half of the fifteenth century, but to a muchlesserextentthan in the thirteenth century.
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We recognize that other kinds of texts might challenge the summarizers to a greater orlesserextent.
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In the past, much of it has consisted of laborator y studies, classroom-related studies and to alesserextentlarger-scale evaluations.
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Addition of astrocyte-conditioned medium also increased glutamate-stimulated spike rates, but to alesserextentthan added astroglia.
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These effects, to alesserextentare also at work in subsequent periods.
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Ferrous materials and paper recycling, and, to alesserextent, plastic, are a well-established business in the region.
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That is something that only happens in some cases, and happens to a greater orlesserextent.
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The principal destinations are residential care homes and, to alesserextent, child's households.
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All the mechanisms or their triggers are to a greater orlesserextentgender-specific.
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But other editors shared similar concerns to alesserextent.
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As can be seen, no significant interaction was found for any variable except the variables : being unmarried and to alesserextent, a recent divorce.
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The second boy is also a loner, though to a muchlesserextentthan the first boy.
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Going and, to alesserextent, go are used to encode intent more frequently than the other forms.
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The same was true, if to alesserextent, of needy elderly people who had children but lacked a partner.
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Where possible, we matched the participant's and the interviewer's ethnicity and, to alesserextent, gender.
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The structure of the project gave pupils collective autonomy in the decision-making processes relating to musical content and, to alesserextent, form.
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However, the information obtained pertains more to the diatom population and to a muchlesserextenton the cyanobacteria populations.
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