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Definition of 'fewer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) fewer
of a smaller number:
fewer words and more action.

2. (pron.) fewer
(used with a pl. v.) a smaller number:
Fewer have come than we hoped.

Etymology: (ME fewere, OE)

Definition of 'fewer'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) fewer
(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
"fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late"

'fewer' - Nearby Entries
fever pitch fever tree feverroot few few-flowered leek fewer fewest

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