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Definition of 'few' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) few
not many but more than one:
Few artists live luxuriously.

2. (n.) few
(used with a pl. v.) a small number or amount:
Send me a few.

3.  few
the few, a special, limited number; the minority:
music that appeals to the few.

4. (pron.) few
(used with a pl. v.) a small number of persons or things.


Definition of 'few' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) few
a small elite group
"it was designed for the discriminating few"

2. (adj) few
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"


Definition of 'few' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) few
not many
There were only a few people there.; Few of the birds came back.; I'll take a few more if you have any extra.; We had fewer visitors this year.

2.  few
every few
after not many have passed
Every few minutes, she would ask the question again.

3.  few
a reasonable number; = some
I downloaded a few new songs.; There were quite a few people at the meeting.

4.  few
few and far between
emphasizes sth does not occur frequently or in many places
Good teachers are few and far between.

5. (pronoun) few
a small number of people or things
There were only a few left.; Very few of my friends left our hometown.

6.  few
fewer than
not as many as
Fewer than 50 people signed the petition.


Definition of 'few' Webster Dictionary 

1.  few
not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people


Translation of 'few' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: not many; a very small number of
Few people visit me nowadays; every few minutes (= very frequently); Such opportunities are few.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: min; weinig Arabic flag Arabic: قَليل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: няколко
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pouco Czech flag Czech: málo, pár German flag German: wenige
Danish flag Danish: få; ikke ret mange Greek flag Greek: λίγοι, ελάχιστοι Spanish flag Spanish: pocos
Estonian flag Estonian: mõni, vähesed Farsi flag Farsi: بسیار کم Finnish flag Finnish: harva
French flag French: peu (nombreux) Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְעַט Hindi flag Hindi: कुछ
Croatian flag Croatian: malo njih, nekoliko Hungarian flag Hungarian: kevés Indonesian flag Indonesian: tidak banyak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fáir Italian flag Italian: poco Japanese flag Japanese: ほとんどない
Korean flag Korean: 소수의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nedaug, mažai Latvian flag Latvian: bieži
Malay flag Malay: tidak banyak Dutch flag Dutch: weinig Norwegian flag Norwegian: 
Polish flag Polish: mało Persian flag Persian: بسیار کم Pashto flag Pashto: څو، لږ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pouco Romanian flag Romanian: puţin Russian flag Russian: немногие; немного
Slovak flag Slovak: málo Slovenian flag Slovenian: redek; malo Serbian flag Serbian: malo
Swedish flag Swedish: få, sällsynta Thai flag Thai: ไม่มาก, เล็กน้อย Turkish flag Turkish: az sayıda
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 很少的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мало, небагато Urdu flag Urdu: کم ، تھوڑے سے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: không nhiều; ít Chinese flag Chinese: 很少的

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