few
determiner, pronoun (SOME) /fjuː/Definition
a few A2 some, or a small number of something: I need to get a few things in town. There are a few cakes left over from the party. We've been having a few problems with the new computer. If you can't fit all the cases in your car, I can take a few in mine. "How many potatoes do you want?" "Oh, just a few, please." Note: A few is used with countable nouns. Compare small.Small in number and quantity A2 used in expressions such as 'quite a few' or 'a good few' to mean quite a large number: I know quite a few people who've had the same problem. Lots of people at the club are under 20, but there are a good few who aren't.Masses and large amounts of things
(Definition of few determinerpronoun (SOME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accumulation noun
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog noun
- battery noun (LARGE NUMBER)
- bucketload noun
- clot noun (PIECE)
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- fund noun
- hump noun (LUMP)
- predominance noun
- preponderance noun
- profusion noun
- pulp noun (WET SUBSTANCE)
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- sight noun (MUCH)
- spate noun
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