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quite a few en · DET

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of; quite a lot.
    • I've watched quite a few basketball games in my time.
    • Well, they say money doesn't grow on trees, but what about iron helmets? I appear to have quite a few of those. 2022 May 20, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, What Happens When You Randomise EVERYTHING In Minecraft:

Synonyms

quite some (indefinite and somewhat large number)

Translations (29)

it un bel po' (indefinite and somewhat large number) · sco a guid pickle (indefinite and somewhat large number) · sk viacero (indefinite and somewhat large number) · pl sporo (indefinite and somewhat large number) · fi aika moni (indefinite and somewhat large number) · oc pas mau de (indefinite and somewhat large number) · ja かなりの (indefinite and somewhat large number) · ru не та́к уж ма́ло (indefinite and somewhat large number) · ru дово́льно мно́го (indefinite and somewhat large number) · el αρκετός (indefinite and somewhat large number) · cmn 相當多 /相当多 (indefinite and somewhat large number) · pt bastante (indefinite and somewhat large number) · ba күп кенә (indefinite and somewhat large number) · sv ganska många (indefinite and somewhat large number) · nb en del (indefinite and somewhat large number) · fr nombre de (indefinite and somewhat large number) · fr bon nombre de (indefinite and somewhat large number) · ca bastant (indefinite and somewhat large number) · sk nemálo (indefinite and somewhat large number) · es bastante (indefinite and somewhat large number) · mk не баш малку (indefinite and somewhat large number) · fi melko moni (indefinite and somewhat large number) · sk hodne (indefinite and somewhat large number) · nl heel wat (indefinite and somewhat large number) · ja 少なからぬ (indefinite and somewhat large number) · cmn 好幾 /好几 (indefinite and somewhat large number) · ba байтаҡ (indefinite and somewhat large number) · fr pas mal de (indefinite and somewhat large number) · cmn 不少 (indefinite and somewhat large number)

quite a few en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. An indefinite and somewhat large number.
    • About a third, perhaps more, were killed in the war; of the survivors quite a few were wounded, some severely. 2016, Walter Laqueur, Worlds Ago: A Memoir of My Journeying Years:

Relateds

quite a bit · quite · a fair few · several · few · a lot · a few

Translations (9)

fr pas mal (large number) · cmn 不少 (large number) · pt bastantes (large number) · fr un bon nombre (large number) · cmn 好幾 /好几 (large number) · cmn 相當多 /相当多 (large number) · fi aika moni (large number) · ru довольно много (large number) · fi monet (large number)