Few
- Proper noun. (British) The pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.
- Determiner. (context, preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
- Determiner. (context, used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
- Determiner. (meteorology, of clouds) ''(US?)'' Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky.
- Determiner. (meteorology, of rainfall with regard to a location) ''(US?)'' Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
- Pronoun. Few people, few things.
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