Meaning of less than a something than

less than  The less than symbol is used to state that one expression is less than another  It goes like this: fewer is used to refer to number among things that are counted, as in fewer choices and fewer problems; less is used to refer to quantity

Less is used when talking about an amount of something which is not countable For instance, There was less water in my glass than in his  The less than or equal symbol is used in math to express the relationship between two quantities

used to say that something does not have the good or attractive characteristic that is stated: I think he was less than honest with The greater than symbol and the less than symbol don't have the same meaning, but indicate that one value is greater than another These