Small - This word can have many meanings depending on the context. There are several authors of explanatory dictionaries in which its designation can be found. In this article, we will consider their interpretation. Also in the text you will find examples of the use of this word in the titles of famous films and the designation of the characteristics of literary characters.
Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary
According to this author, small is insignificant, not worth attention. That is, a small problem is so insignificant that it is not worth worrying at all. In this way, as a rule, people who "make a molehill out of a fly" are consoled.
The second interpretation according to Ushakov: small is small in number (for example, years lived). Examples include: small child, height.
Explanatory Dictionary of Efremov
There is a colloquial form of the word "small". So they say about a person who is young. Here, this word turns from an adjective into a noun.
Application example: "You can't offend little ones (in the sense of children)."
Other meanings of the word "small" according to Efremov
- Small meaning undersized. Small man.
- A small person is called a person who does not have a high position in the work team. A simple worker may say to himself: “I am a small person.”
- Small, in the sense of the manifestation of some characteristics. For example, light rain.
Uses of the word "small" in literature and cinema
"Little Buddha" is an aesthetic historical drama co-produced by France and the UK. Filmed in 1993. According to the plot, Lama Dorje died in Tibet and his followers began to look around the world for children who could become successors to the teacher
- "The Little Prince" - the work of A. de Saint-Exupery. The main character is a child who lives independently on asteroid B-12.
- "Little man" - this expression, which means that a person has not achieved a high position in society in her life, is devoted to a number of works of the 19th century. The first time the concept is used in Pushkin's story "The Stationmaster".
