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to a lesser extent

to a lesser extent prepositional phrase: occurring somewhat less.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Occurring somewhat less.
    • A variety of topics are included, but there seems to be a primary concentration on the study of athletes and to a lesser extent the growth and performance of children and youth.1984, Jan Borms, Human growth and development, page 438
    • In laboratory tray tests designed to simulate a field test, pheromones of A. diaperinus cause aggregation responses in adults and, to a lesser extent, larvae.1986, Adejoju Ajoke Falomo, The Pheromone Biology of the Lesser Mealworm, Alphitobius Diaperinus (Panzer), (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), page 165

Questions about to a lesser extent

What does to a lesser extent mean?
To a lesser extent means occurring somewhat less.
What part of speech is to a lesser extent?
To a lesser extent is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to a lesser extent in the dictionary

  1. to a great extent
  2. to a greater extent
  3. to a hair
  4. to a hammer, everything looks like a nail
  5. to a large extent
  6. to a lesser extent
  7. to a man
  8. to a nicety
  9. to a T
  10. to a tee
  11. to a tick

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