Question 1 · Quick check
few
CEFRA1
/fjuː/
adjective · determiner
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
A small number of people or things.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailNot many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
Examples
I recognized a few of the other people.
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- [fjʉː]
- [fjʉ͡u]
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningObscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
determiner
Extra meaningsAn indefinite, but usually small, number of.
(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
More examples
In contextWill you listen to me for a few minutes?
I think he's had a few drinks.
Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these.