Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.
Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.
At least.
What a stupid white privileged POS I am! Least I call myself out.
2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 79
The first few measures of a musical composition.
The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
A gap permitting passage through.
The initial period when a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
A vacant position, especially in an array.
An unoccupied employment position.
In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
An act or instance of making or becoming open.
A time available in a schedule.
An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
An act or instance of beginning.
The first few moves in a game.
Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack