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few

 
 
/fjuː/ quantifier

Definition

a few some, or a small number of: She's staying at the cottage for a few days. It'll be here in a few minutes. I met a few of the other employees at my interview.
quite a few/a good few quite a large number of: Quite a few people have had the same problem.
not many, or only a small number of: We get few complaints. Few of the children can read or write yet. Very few people can afford to pay those prices.
few and far between not happening or existing very often: Opportunities like this are few and far between.
(Definition of few quantifier from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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