word-vault/dist/data/cards/fe/few.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "few",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner, adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘a small number’, ‘some’",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We've had a few replies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need a few things from the store."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Quite a few** people are going to arrive early."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I try to visit my parents **every few weeks**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used with plural nouns and a plural verb to mean ‘not many’",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Few people understand the difference."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There seem to be fewer tourists around this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Very few students learn Latin now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The player with the fewest points wins."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not happening often",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fjuː/",
                "audio": "fe/few/few__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fjuː/",
                "audio": "fe/few/few__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English fēawe, fēawa, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German fao, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin paucus and Greek pauros ‘small’."
}