Sekirov Dictionary

few

/fjuː/

determiner 4
pronoun 1
forms 4
phrases 3

determiner4

•
Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
- Very few did she have not to go there, did she?
- I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up.
•
a small number, but more than one, used after "a"
- There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.
- Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.
•
Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
- Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.
- NOAA definition of the term few clouds: An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog.
(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

pronoun1

•
Few people, few things.
- Many are called, but few are chosen.

forms

fewer · less · fewest · least

Phrases with few

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