few

/fjuː/

US pronunciation

American sound/fjuː/

few

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> few

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အနည်းငယ်သာရှိသော။ (pron) အချို့ (n) အနည်းငယ်

Full entry

few / fju: / indef det, adj (-er, -est ) (used with pl countable ns and a pl v)

အနည်းငယ်။ နည်းသော။
Few people live to be 100. ❍ a man / woman of few words (ie one who speaks very little) ❍ There are fewer cars parked outside than yesterday. ❍ The police have very few clues to the murderer's identity. ❍ The few houses we have seen are in terrible condition. ❍ There were too few people at the meeting. ❍ The last few years have been very difficult. ❍ I visit my parents every few days / weeks / months (ie once in a few days, etc). ❍ Accidents at work are few. (Compare: There are few accidents at work. ) ❍ LESS, MUCH indef det, indef pron
indef pron (မတိကျသော အညွှန်းနာမ်စား)။ အနည်းငယ်သာ။
(က) အနည်းငယ်သာ။ Of the 150 passengers, few escaped injury. ❍ Few can deny the impact of his leadership. ❍ Hundreds of new songs are recorded each week but few (of them) get into the charts. (ခ) အနည်းငယ်သာ။ The few who came to the concert really enjoyed it. ❍ We saw few of the sights as we were only there for two hours. ❍ As few as five people arrived on time.
a few indef det (used with pl countable ns and a pl v ) အနည်းငယ်။ အချို့။ a few letters ❍ a few days ago ❍ He asked us a few questions. ❍ We're having a few people for lunch. ❍ Only a few (ie Not many) students were awarded distinctions. ❍ MUCH indef det, indef pron
a few indef pron
(မတိကျသော အညွှန်းနာမ်စား)။ အချို့။
(က) အချို့။ She's written many books but I've only read a few (of them).
(ခ) အချို့။ A few of the seats were empty.
❍ I recognized a few of the other guests.
adv နည်းနည်း။ a few too many mistakes ❍ Perhaps you could give me a few more details of the scheme.
❏ the few n [pl v ] လူနည်းစု။ အနည်းစု။
Real power belongs to the few. Compare THE MANY
❏ few and far between [IDM ]
အခါကျဲ၍ အလာနည်းသော။ Buses in this area are few and far between. ❍ The sunny intervals we were promised have been few and far between.
❏ fewerindefpron (မတိကျသောအညွှန်းနာမ်စား)။
Fewer than 50 students applied for the course ❍ She had no fewer than 13 children.
❏ a good few; quite a few; (fml) not a few [IDM ] အတော်များများ။ အတန်များများ။ There were a good few copies sold on the first day. ❍ Quite a few of my friends are vegetarian.
❏ have a few [IDM ] (usu in the present perfect) အရက်ကိုမူးလုနီးပါးသောက်သည်။ မူးအောင်သောက်
သည်။
I've had a few (ie a few glasses of beer, wine, etc) already, actually. ❍ She looks as if she's had a few.

More examples

[a few] : Outside there are only a few streetlights.
I spoke with a few colleagues about it.
There were a few who failed the test.
[few of] : A few of the plates were chipped.
[a few more] : I’m not sure how many I’ll need, so give me a few more.
[the first/last few] : I’ve only read the first few pages of the book.
[the past/next few] : During the past few months, police have interviewed over 200 people.
Everything is expected to change in the next few years.
[every few] : Clean the cage every few days.
Few managers attend the meetings.
Bush won the election by fewer than 3000 votes.
The pictures were taken at one of his few public appearances.
She approached several people, but few were interested.
The car with the fewest mechanical problems
[few of] : Few of the retail firms are offering a home delivery service.
[the few] : Poe and his colleagues are among the few to have tackled this question.
The few times he did show up, he was late.
[so few] : Why were there so few women in Parliament?
[too few] : Too much money chasing too few goods causes inflation.
[very few] : We get very few complaints of racial discrimination.
[be few] : Their victories were few.

Antonyms