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few
[fyoo]
adjective
not many but more than one.
Few artists live luxuriously.
noun
(used with a plural verb)a small number or amount.
Send me a few.
the few, a special, limited number; the minority.
That music appeals to the few.
pronoun
(used with a plural verb)a small number of persons or things.
A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.
few
/ ː /
determiner
a small number of; hardly any
few men are so cruel
( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
many are called but few are chosen
(preceded by a)
a small number of
a few drinks
( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
a few of you
informalseveral
at great intervals; widely spaced
not abundant; scarce
to consume several ( or too many) alcoholic drinks
informalseveral
noun
a small number of people considered as a class Compare many
the few who fell at Thermopylae
Other 51Թ Forms
- overfew adjective
- ˈڱɲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of few1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of few1
Idioms and Phrases
quite a few, a fairly large number; many.
There were quite a few interesting things to do.
few and far between, at widely separated intervals; infrequent.
In Nevada the towns are few and far between.
Example Sentences
More than 200 have been approved since the policy was introduced a few years ago.
"I have a few more points on my licence to play with, so let's see."
Over the past few years, Spain has increased the amount of time given to new fathers.
The three positions that had changed hands were each just a few foxholes in the ground – dots on a devastated landscape of craters and shredded trees.
By mid-afternoon Saturday, a crowd of a few hundred protesters had surrounded the Federal Building downtown, where dozens of U.S.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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