less and less in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "less and less",
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    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "less and less",
      "name": "en-det"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
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        {
          "text": "Over the years, there has been less and less oil available."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "increasingly less"
      ],
      "id": "en-less_and_less-en-det-CrMwBk3u",
      "links": [
        [
          "increasingly",
          "increasingly"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "cada vegada menys"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "de moins en moins"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "immer weniger"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "egyre kevesebb/kevesebbet/kevésbé/kevesebbszer"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "de minus in minus"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "cata vice minus"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "minus e minus"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "increasingly less",
          "word": "ai neplu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "less and less"
}

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      "expansion": "less and less",
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    }
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        {
          "text": "Over the years, there has been less and less oil available."
        }
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "cada vegada menys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "de moins en moins"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "immer weniger"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "egyre kevesebb/kevesebbet/kevésbé/kevesebbszer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "de minus in minus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "cata vice minus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "minus e minus"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "increasingly less",
      "word": "ai neplu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "less and less"
}

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"less and less" meaning in English

Determiner