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few
[ fyoo ]
adjective
- 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:
That music appeals to the few.
pronoun
- (used with a plural verb) a small number of persons or things:
A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.
few
/ ː /
determiner
- a small number of; hardly any
few men are so cruel
- ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
many are called but few are chosen
- preceded by a
- a small number of
a few drinks
- ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
a few of you
- a good few informal.several
- few and far between
- at great intervals; widely spaced
- not abundant; scarce
- have a few or have a few too manyto consume several ( or too many) alcoholic drinks
- not a few or quite a few informal.several
noun
- the fewa small number of people considered as a class Compare many
the few who fell at Thermopylae
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈڱɲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- v·ڱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of few1
Word History and Origins
Origin of few1
Idioms and Phrases
- few and far between, at widely separated intervals; infrequent:
In Nevada the towns are few and far between.
- quite a few, a fairly large number; many:
There were quite a few interesting things to do.
More idioms and phrases containing few
- a few
- bricks shy of a load, (a few)
- of few words
- precious few
- quite a bit (few)
Example Sentences
The next few days will give us a sense of how or whether, albeit up to four years out from choosing the next government, that is a plausible claim.
"In my spare time, I make candles and luckily I had a few going spare so I could see in the dark."
“Two days does not establish a pattern or practice,” she said, suggesting that it was the actions of a few agents.
Sian McEvoy, 41, spends a few days a week volunteering at a community farm near her home in Swansea, which provides opportunities for adults and young people who face mental health challenges.
While a few of the bases date back to the 1990s, 89% have been constructed since 2018, after which Turkey began significantly expanding its military presence in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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