fewer
lower | fewer |
As an adjective lower is ( low). As an adverb lower is . As a verb lower is to let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down or lower can be . As a determiner fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number.
fewer | lessthan |
fewer | snark |
As a determiner fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number. As a noun snark is snide remarks or snark can be (mathematics) a graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point. As a verb snark is to express oneself in a snarky fashion.
fewer | lesser | Related terms |
Fewer is a related term of lesser.As a determiner fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number. As a adjective lesser is ( little). As a noun lesser is a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
fewer | fewest | Related terms |
Fewer is a related term of fewest. As determiners the difference between fewer and fewest is that fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number while fewest is ; the smallest number.
few | fewer |
As determiners the difference between few and fewer is that few is (preceded by another determiner) an indefinite, but usually small, number of while fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number. As a pronoun few is few people, few things.
comparative | fewer |
As a adjective comparative is of or relating to comparison. As a noun comparative is (grammar) a construction showing a relative quality, in english usually formed by adding more'' or appending ''-er'' for example, the comparative of ''green'' is ''greener''; of ''evil'', ''more evil . As a determiner fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number.
fewer | than |
As a determiner fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number. As a conjunction than is (obsolete|archaic|or|dialectal) (usually used with for) because; for. As a preposition than is introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more'', ''less'', and ''fewer typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates. As a adverb than is at that time; then.
fewer | less |
Less is a see also of fewer. As a determiner fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number. As a adverb less is to smaller extent. As a adjective less is . As a preposition less is minus; not including. As a verb less is (obsolete) to make less; to lessen. As a conjunction less is (obsolete) unless.
fewer | abridge |
As a determiner fewer is the comparative of few ; a smaller number. As a verb abridge is {{context|transitive|archaic|lang=en}} to deprive; to cut off {{defdate|first attested from around (1150 to 1350)}} [{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =brown, lesley | others = | title = the shorter oxford english dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =oxford university press | location =oxford, uk | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =8| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}}].
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