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    few
    [fyo͞o]
    determiner
    few (adjective) · fewer (comparative adjective) · fewest (superlative adjective)
    1. (few)
      a small number of:
      "may I ask a few questions?"
    2. used to emphasize how small a number is:
      "he had few friends" · "sewing was one of her few pleasures" · "comforts here are few" · "a population of fewer than two million" · "ask which products have the fewest complaints"
    pronoun
    1. (few)
      a small number of people or things:
      "I will recount a few of the stories told me" · "there are hundreds of applicants but only a few are selected" · "many believe it but only a few are prepared to say so"
    2. used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is:
      "few thought to challenge these assumptions" · "he was one of the few who survived" · "very few of the titles have any literary merit"
    noun
    (the few)
    the few (plural noun)
    1. the minority of people; the elect:
      "art is not just for the few" · "a world that increasingly belongs to the few"
    Origin
    Old English fēawe, fēawa, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fao, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin paucus and Greek pauros ‘small’.
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    determiner
    1. a small number of:
      hardly any
      one or two
      little
      not many
      scarcely any
      a small number of
      a small amount of
      a small quantity of
      a handful of
      a sprinkling of
      a couple of
      Opposite:
      many
    2. used to emphasize how small a number is:
      hardly any
      one or two
      little
      scarce
      scant
      scanty
      meager
      insufficient
      negligible
      in short supply
      scattered
      few and far between
      infrequent
      uncommon
      rare
      sporadic
      not many
      scarcely any
      a small number of
      a small amount of
      a small quantity of
      a handful of
      a sprinkling of
      a couple of
      thin on the ground
      seldom met with
      Opposite:
      many
      plentiful
    pronoun
    1. a small number of people or things:
      one or two
      hardly any
      a small number
      a handful
      a sprinkling
      a couple
      two or three
      not many
      Opposite:
      a lot
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  1. Small number of something
    some, or a small number of something: I need to get a few things in town.

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    adjective, few·er, few·est. not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously. noun (used with a plural verb) a small number or amount: Send me a few. the few, a special, limited number; the minority:

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