English dictionary
few
/f/j//u/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
ExamplesA 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.
Antonyms manySource: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a small elite group
ExamplesIt was designed for the discriminating few.
Source: WordNet 3.0