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few

[ fyoo ]

adjective

fewer, fewest.
  1. not many but more than one:

    Few artists live luxuriously.



noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) a small number or amount:

    Send me a few.

  2. the few, a special, limited number; the minority:

    That music appeals to the few.

pronoun

  1. (used with a plural verb) a small number of persons or things:

    A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.

few

/ 蹿箩耻藧 /

determiner

    1. a small number of; hardly any

      few men are so cruel

    2. ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )

      many are called but few are chosen

  1. preceded by a
    1. a small number of

      a few drinks

    2. ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )

      a few of you

  2. a good few informal.
    several
  3. few and far between
    1. at great intervals; widely spaced
    2. not abundant; scarce
  4. have a few or have a few too many
    to consume several ( or too many) alcoholic drinks
  5. not a few or quite a few informal.
    several
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the few
    a small number of people considered as a class Compare many

    the few who fell at Thermopylae

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿别飞苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞顎卾别谤路蹿别飞顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of few1

First recorded before 900; Middle English fewe, Old English 蹿脓补飞别; cognate with Gothic fawai; akin to Latin paucus 鈥渇别飞,鈥 paulus 鈥渓颈迟迟濒别,鈥 pauper 鈥减辞辞谤,鈥 Greek 辫补没谤辞蝉 鈥渓ittle, few鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of few1

Old English 蹿脓补飞补 ; related to Old High German fao little, Old Norse 蹿腻谤 little, silent
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. few and far between, at widely separated intervals; infrequent:

    In Nevada the towns are few and far between.

  2. quite a few, a fairly large number; many:

    There were quite a few interesting things to do.

More idioms and phrases containing few

  • a few
  • bricks shy of a load, (a few)
  • of few words
  • precious few
  • quite a bit (few)
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Example Sentences

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The New York Times published a long piece a few days ago about the deportation agenda, noting:

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The resilience of the US jobs market over the last few years has surprised analysts, helping to sustain spending even as households faced rising prices and a sharp jump in interest rates.

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It takes a few hours, but most of that鈥檚 driving around.

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The first Monday in May is just a few days away!

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This effort intentionally targets unserved and underserved populations, anyone who has changed their last name and those serving in our armed forces, to name a few groups who would be affected.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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