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Fewer definition

fyo͝oər
adjective
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A smaller number.

Some left, fewer stayed.

pronoun
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The comparative of few; a smaller number.

Fewer women wear hats these days.

There are fewer tigers than there were a hundred years ago.

determiner
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fewer and fewer
  • an ever-decreasing number (of)
    fewer and fewer men are wearing hats.
idiom
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fewer and fewer

Fewer Sentence Examples

  • At least for the present, the fewer people who knew, the better.

  • In 2000, Africa had fewer than five million Internet users.

  • We can make better food that uses fewer resources.

  • One little girl had fewer presents than the rest, and Helen insisted on sharing her gifts with her.

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