fewer

[US]/'fju:ə/
[UK]/ˈfjuɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. a smaller number of
pron. a smaller number
int. a smaller number

Phrases & Collocations

fewer people

fewer calories

fewer mistakes

no fewer than

Example Sentences

fewer opportunities for overtime.

there are fewer women police than men.

try to make fewer mistakes

fewer than four players),

there are no fewer than seventy different brand names.

Most people have speech, but significantly fewer have writing.

Isolable carbocyclic compounds contain seven or fewer carbons in the cycle.

I was given less cake and fewer biscuits than she had.

In 1790 the new nation had fewer than four million people.

He is an advocate of more airplanes and fewer warships.

The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.

No fewer than 10 students were absent through illness.

It was an enormous ship; there were no fewer than a thousand cars on it.

October is a good time to visit as there are fewer tourists and more elbow room in the restaurants.

In former times there were far fewer people dwelling on earth than there are now.

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