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- Dictionaryfew/fjuː/
determiner
- 1. a small number of: "may I ask a few questions?"
- 2. used to emphasize how small a number is: "he had few friends"
pronoun
- 1. a small number of people or things: "I will recount a few of the stories told me"
- 2. used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is: "few thought to challenge these assumptions"
plural
- 1. the minority of people; the elect: "art is not just for the few"
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Learn the meaning and grammar of few, a word that can be used as a determiner, pronoun, noun or adjective. Find out how to use few with countable and uncountable nouns, less and fewer, and idioms.
FEW meaning: 1. some, or a small number of something: 2. used in expressions such as "quite a few" to mean…. Learn more.
Few definition: not many but more than one. See examples of FEW used in a sentence.
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A few is somewhere between a couple and a whole bunch. When you say you're going to have a few fries, you'd better not eat the whole order — a few is a tiny number. It takes more than a few people to play basketball, though they could probably play two-on-two.
Learn the meaning and usage of the word few, a quantifier that indicates a small number of something. See how to use few with other words, such as quite a few, a good few, and few and far between.
