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fewer
[ fyoo-er ]
adjective
- of a smaller number:
fewer words and more action.
pronoun
- (used with a plural verb) a smaller number:
Fewer have come than we hoped.
Confusables Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of fewer1
Example Sentences
Dundee University has announced an "alternative pathway" to solving the financial crisis at the institution that will see fewer job cuts than feared.
Young explains that they have fewer moving parts than traditional piston engines, making them easier to maintain, yet deliver surprising power for their relatively compact, lightweight size.
In addition to extra payments and fewer administrative hassles, the health plans pay for a “practice coach,” whose job is to help primary care groups meet their targets and provide more seamless care.
The IMF's boffins say they can start to see the impact from space as satellites track fewer, increasingly empty ships leaving China's ports.
The department also said because more patients could get access to correspondence via the app, 12 million fewer letters had been sent since July.
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