a few en · DET
Pronunciation
- /ə ˈfjuː/
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Meanings
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A small number of (a set of countable items); more than one but not very many; especially, more than two but not very many (explained in usage note at several).
After a dismal few months my life at long last changed for the better.
She loves to sing karaoke, but there are a few songs that she refuses to cover.
Only a few miles separates the villages.
"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.[…]"
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
Antonyms
numerous · many · one · no · zero · countless · a lot of
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Translations (51)
pl kilku (a small number of) · swb wana (a small number of) · ko 약간 (a small number of) · pt uns (a small number of) · fi jokunen (a small number of) · ro câteva (a small number of) · la nōnnūllus (a small number of) · uk декілька (a small number of) · pl niewiele (a small number of) · la aliquot (a small number of) · wuh -jhege (a small number of) · ta நாலு (a small number of) · it alcuni (a small number of) · ta சில (a small number of) · de ein paar (a small number of) · be не́калькі (a small number of) · eo kelkaj (a small number of) · ru не́сколько (a small number of) · hu egypár (a small number of) · sv några (a small number of) · ro câțiva (a small number of) · it pochi (a small number of) · yi אַ פּאָר (a small number of) · mk не́колку (a small number of) · ht kèk (a small number of) · cmn 一些 (a small number of) · ru немно́го (a small number of) · bg малко (a small number of) · cy ambell un (a small number of) · tl may ilan (a small number of) · fi muutama (a small number of) · he כמה (a small number of) · cmn 幾個 /几个 (a small number of) · sw uchache wa (a small number of) · de einige (a small number of) · hu pár (a small number of) · ar قَلِيل (a small number of) · bg няколко (a small number of) · es unos (a small number of) · cs několik (a small number of) · mk ма́лку (a small number of) · ga cúpla (a small number of) · es algunos (a small number of) · pl niewielu (a small number of) · cmn 若干 (a small number of) · ba бер нисә (a small number of) · pt alguns (a small number of) · hu néhány (a small number of) · uk небага́то (a small number of) · pl kilka (a small number of) · fr quelques (a small number of)