Meaning | A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'a'; a small but indefinite number. |
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Examples | - "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"
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Attribute of | numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity | A large number |
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Narrower | a few, a couple of | More than one but indefinitely small in number |
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hardly a | Very few |
See also | fewer | (comparative of 'few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of |
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some | quantifier |
Opposite | many | A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that' |
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Spanish | menos, poco |
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Catalan | pocs |
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Nouns | few | a small elite group |
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fewness | the quality of being small in number |