Small is a nanoscience & nanotechnology journal providing a forum for fundamental and interdisciplinary applied research at the nano- and microscale.

We're having a small drinks party next Thursday. The apartments are very small, which is fine for one person. The company was still very small when I first joined. We spent our holidays in a small French …

The meaning of SMALL is having comparatively little size or slight dimensions. How to use small in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Small.

Definition of small adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Feb 21, 2026 · small (countable and uncountable, plural smalls) (nominalized) (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller …

having but little land, capital, power, influence, etc., or carrying on business or some activity on a limited scale: a small enterprise. of minor importance, moment, weight, or consequence: a small problem.

There are 77 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word small, ten of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Origin of Small Middle English smal from Old English smæl From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

SMALL definition: of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little. See examples of small used in a sentence.

You use small to describe something that is not significant or great in degree. It's quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work. No detail was too small to escape her attention.