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few

/fjuː/

fewdeterminer

/fjuː/

/fju/

(quantifier – with countable nouns – negative meaning)

Definitions

Used before plural countable nouns to indicate a small number (often implying 'not enough').

Very few people can afford to pay those prices.

Synonyms

scarcely any

hardly any

a small number of

not many

Antonyms

plenty of

a lot of

fewpronoun

/fjuː/

(quantifier – without nouns – countable – negative meaning)

Definitions

Used alone to refer to a small number of people or things already mentioned or understood.

Few were chosen for the final round of interviews.

Synonyms

a small number

hardly any

not many

Antonyms

fewnoun

Definitions

A privileged, narrow group of people: oligarchy, those in power, intellectuals (usually with 'the').

For the many, not the few!