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fewer

[fyoo-er]

adjective

  1. of a smaller number.

    fewer words and more action.



pronoun

  1. (used with a plural verb)a smaller number.

    Fewer have come than we hoped.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fewer1

Middle English feue, feawe. fewe fewere, Old English ŧɱ, genitive plural of ŧɲ few; -er 4 ( def. )
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Overall, fewer children should mean places are easier to come by - but that will vary depending on where you live.

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"It's always been my most important and most favourite format. Naturally, playing fewer games is not really on us, it's just sort of the cards you get dealt," he said.

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And the Republicans who run the federal government are looking to spend far fewer of those dollars.

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Although there have been school shootings here before, they have been far smaller and involved far fewer casualties.

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Ticket sales are so sluggish, the Athletic reported, fewer than a third of the 65,326 seats for Saturday’s opening game had been sold less than 10 days before the game.

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