“fewer birds came this year”
“the birds are fewer this year”
“fewer trains were late”
- Synonyms
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few
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
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less
(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
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less
(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
- Antonyms:
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more
(comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number
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many
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
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more, more than
(comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
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