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adjective | verb | noun slightslight1 /slaɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective ETYMOLOGYslight1Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from Middle Dutch slicht THESAURUSnot fat► thin having little fat on your body: He’s tall and thin and wears glasses. I wish my legs were thinner. ► slim thin in a way that looks good: Jen stays slim by eating healthily and getting exercise. ► slender thin in a way that looks good or seems graceful. Used especially about women: The bracelet sparkled on her slender wrist. ► lean thin in a healthy way without much fat: He had a runner’s body – lean with long legs. ► slight thin and delicate with a small body structure: Leona is so slight, a strong wind might blow her away! ► skinny thin in a way that is not attractive: Have some more pasta – you’re too skinny. ► underweight thin in a way that is not healthy. Used especially by doctors: The baby hadn’t been keeping food down and was underweight. ► gaunt thin, pale, and unhealthy: What’s wrong with Mike? He’s so gaunt. ► emaciated formal extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eating: Emaciated refugees filled the camp. ► anorexic extremely thin because of a mental illness that makes someone believe he or she is always too fat and should not eat: Brigette is so thin – do you think she’s anorexic? ► skeletal so thin that the shape of the bones shows under someone’s skin: She did not even recognize the skeletal man in the hospital bed. 1[usually before noun] very small or not important: a slight headache a slight improvement2not the slightest chance/doubt/difference etc. no chance, doubt, etc. at all: I didn’t have the slightest idea who that man was.3not in the slightest not at all: “Are you worried about the test?” “Not in the slightest.”4thin and delicate: a slight young woman► see thesaurus at thin1 adjective | verb | noun slightslight2 verb [transitive] formal VERB TABLEslight |
| Present | I, you, we, they | slight | | he, she, it | slights | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | slighted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have slighted | | he, she, it | has slighted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had slighted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slight | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have slighted |
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| Present | I | am slighting | | he, she, it | is slighting | | you, we, they | are slighting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was slighting | | you, we, they | were slighting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slighting | | he, she, it | has been slighting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slighting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slighting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slighting |
adjective | verb | noun slightslight3 noun [countable] a remark or action that offends someone: slight to/against His comment wasn’t meant to be a slight against your abilities. |