few

/fjuː/ quantifier

Translation

a few › some, or a small number of

birkaç

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.1813

quite a few/a good few › quite a large number of

epeyce çok, bir hayli, pek çok

Quite a few people have had the same problem.1812

› not many, or only a small number of

(pek az) sayıda, az miktarda

We get few complaints. Few of the children can read or write yet. Very few people can afford to pay those prices.1813

few and far between › not happening or existing very often

çok fazla sıklıkla olmayan; nadiren meydana gelen

Opportunities like this are few and far between.1822

(Definition of few quantifier from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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