few

determinante

1. 1

   An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

   There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.

   Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.

   I think he's had a few drinks.

   The few cheapest hotels I could find are the farthest too.

2. 2

   Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.

   Very few did she have not to go there, did she?

   I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up.

   Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]

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3. 3

   Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.

   Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.

   NOAA definition of the term few clouds: An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog.

4. 4

   (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

pronombre

1. 1

   Few people, few things.

   Many are called, but few are chosen.

Formas

comparativo

fewer, less

superlativo

fewest, least