Fjuː Small Pronoun Bre Books Worth Reading Pass

• very few of his books are worth reading.
• you can pass with as few as 25 points.
• few will argue with this conclusion.
• i recognized a few of the other people.

few

1. not many people, things or places
• Very few of his books are worth reading.
• You can pass with as few as 25 points.
• Few will argue with this conclusion.
2. a small number of people, things or places; some
• I recognized a few of the other people.
• I've seen most of his movies. Only a few are as good as his first one.
• Could you give me a few more details?
3. not as many as
• Fewer than 20 students passed all the exams.
• There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area.
4. used with a plural verb to mean ‘a small group of people’
• Real power belongs to the few.
• She was one of the chosen few (= the small group with special rights).
5. to have had enough alcohol to make you drunk
6. a fairly large number
• I've been there quite a few times.

Word Origin

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