Few - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|fjuː|
Brit.
|fjuː|
noun
- a small elite group
it was designed for the discriminating few
adjective
- a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
a few weeks ago
a few more wagons than usual
an invalid's pleasures are few and far between
few roses were still blooming
few women have led troops in battle
a few more wagons than usual
an invalid's pleasures are few and far between
few roses were still blooming
few women have led troops in battle
Extra examples
He caught fewer fish than the rest of us.
There are fewer children at the school this year.
Not many people came, but the few people who did enjoyed themselves.
His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them.
They may be fewer in number than was supposed.
I have a few friends in this town.
There are precious few of them left.
Many are invited but few are chosen.
Each volunteer spent one night a week in the cathedral. A few spent two.
The fewer the better. посл.
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