It means one thing is of smallet quantity than another.
As in less than perfect or in mathematics 1 is less than 2.
In logic or maths this would be written
1<2
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It means subtract 5 from 8 or find the number that is 5 less than 8
2x - 2
It is a whole number that is 1000 less than zero.
less than
False. Apart from the fact that there is no such thing as an opposite. If, by opposite, you mean negative (additive inverse), then start with a negative number. The negative of this will be positive, and so greater. If by opposite you mean the reciprocal (multiplicative inverse), start with a positive number less than one or a negative number less than -1.