Definitions
Wiktionary
- The comparative of few; a smaller number.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
Examples
“These new purposes will win fewer votes than "your own personal biological repair kit," but they are also much more realistic.”
“And GM is on its fourth CEO in fewer years and still has more debts than assets.”
“Current therapies can take up to a year and work in fewer than half of the most typical patients.”
The Wall Street Journal: Strides Against Hepatitis C Open Door to Blockbusters
“The tepid outlook factors in fewer working days due to holidays in the second half of December and also the lack of opportunity to increase prices, Senapaty said.”
“Pickleball Del Webb, the country 's largest builder of active-adult communities, had pickleball courts in fewer than one in five of its developments in 2006.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Red-Hot Sport Leaves Some Folks With a Sour Taste
“Schwab found that the average participant who has not received professional advice is invested in fewer than four asset classes, whereas those who receive advice invest in a minimum of eight.”
The Washington Post: When free 401(k) advice is offered, employees should take it
“We're not raising the bar or lowering the bar, the bar has always been high, but we're going to put the separation authority in fewer, more senior hands who will be most up to date on this changing legal landscape," said the official, who was not authorized to speak on the record.”
The Washington Post: 'Don't ask, don't tell' back on; guidance revised
“I believe that in series novels, fewer is always better than more, and these books should never be written to contract, with a schedule that must be met.”
An Interview with John Dunning, author of Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime
“I may have put in fewer parenting years than he has, but I do have some perspective.”
“In short, this lawsuit, like the others working their way through the courts, would result in fewer protections in the marketplace in the short term and unchecked health-care costs over the long term.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fewer’.
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Words that forced me to abandon pedag...
you're, your, their, there, they're, affect, effect, jealousy, envy, to, two, too and 15 more...
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Tunie: And the Band Played Waltzing M...
I used to sing this as a lullaby to my spawn—till said spawn grew big enough to understand the words, and asked me to sing something else.
Written by Eric Bogle, c. 1971.
...billabong, ghosts, no one, fewer, the call, question, what are they mar..., forgotten war, forgotten, sore, stiff, bent and 66 more...
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