[
UK
/fjˈuːɐ/
]
[ US /ˈfjuɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈfjuɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
fewer birds came this year
the birds are fewer this year
fewer trains were late
How To Use fewer In A Sentence
- People consumed fewer calories without even trying to do so.
- Other specialties have undergone relative declines such as orthopedics safer cars and fewer smashed bones. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Another Idea
- Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there.
- Inevitably, though, with 14 fewer rooms to spread out in, the Pages had to part with several cherished possessions.
- Few chefs teach them and fewer have the inclination or time to learn. Times, Sunday Times
- Because of advances in technology such as Web conferencing, he says, businesses are sending fewer employees to trade shows.
- This decline was due partly to the generally buoyant economy that saw fewer people filing claims. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
- That last complaint is tragicomic given that Memphis schools typically rank among the nation's five worst with fewer than half of black males graduating from high school. Tennessee's Chamber Maids
- Secular remains of Gothic architecture in Czechoslovakia are fewer.
- A recent report estimates there were 60 percent fewer wintering mule deer on part of the anticline in 2009 compared with 2001, and 28 percent fewer mule deer in 2009 compared with 2005. Deer Population Plummets Amidst Natural Gas Drilling