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Definition: Meaning of, few in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fjuː /

  • determiner, pronoun, adjective
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  1. [no comparative] a small number of things or people
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  2. quite a few/a good few/not a few a fairly large number of things or people
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  3. not many or hardly any people or things
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  4. no fewer than used to emphasize that a number is large
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  5. as few as 5/10 etc used to emphasize how surprisingly small a number is
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  6. to name/mention but a few used when you are mentioning only a small number of people or things as examples of a large group
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  7. the (privileged/chosen) few the small number of people who are treated better than others and have special advantages
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  8. be few and far between to be rare
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  9. have had a few (too many) informal to have drunk too much alcohol
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few used in phrases

  • a few (adjective)
    1. more than one but indefinitely small in number
  • few-flowered leek (noun)
    1. leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran
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