Iota
[aɪ'əʊtə] or [aɪ'otə]
Definition
(n.) The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (/) corresponding with the English i.
(n.) A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.
Edited by Gillian
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Jot, whit, tittle, bit, grain, particle, atom, scrap, mite, scintilla, spark, glimmer, shadow, trace.
Typed by Lena
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Jot, particle, tittle, trace, atom
ANT:Whole, mass
Edited by Anselm
Examples
- And they chuckled inwardly at the idea of the workmen's discomfiture and defeat, in their attempt to alter one iota of what Thornton had decreed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But I shall not therefore drop one iota of my convictions, or cease to identify myself with that truth which an evil generation hates. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I assure you that it has not detracted in the tiniest iota from your appearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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