/bɪt/
Translation
A small piece of something, or a small amount of it.
Word origin
From Old English bita, a piece bitten off, from the same root as the verb bite.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- bita
- English cognates
- bite
Grammar
Examples
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"A bit of" means a small amount of something.
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Before an adjective, "a bit" means slightly.
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"Bits" is the plural, so it means several small pieces.
Used in
Grammar articles
(10)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
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