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   few

   /fjuː/

   determiner

   • 1. a small number of: "may I ask a few questions?"
   • 2. used to emphasize how small a number is: "he had few friends"

   pronoun

   • 1. a small number of people or things: "I will recount a few of the stories told me"
   • 2. used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is: "few thought to challenge these assumptions"

   plural

   • 1. the minority of people; the elect: "art is not just for the few"
   • ▪ the RAF pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain.

   Word Origin Old Englishfēawe, fēawa, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fao, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin paucus and Greek pauros ‘small’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • F

     4

   • E

     1

   • W

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