FEW vs SOME: NOUN
- A small elite group
- An indefinite but relatively small number
- An indefinitely small number of persons or things.
- An exclusive or limited number.
- Not many; only a small number (of persons or things): in this use properly an adjective, used elliptically as a plural noun, and not preceded by the article.
- A small number; a minority: in this sense preceded by the article a (originally in the plural) or the, with or without a noun following, the noun, if used, expressing the whole of which the few are taken, and being in the partitive genitive, with or without the preposition of: as, a few, or a few members, or a few of the members, dissented.
- See II., 3.
- Adv. phr. Somewhat; to some slight extent: often used ironically for a good deal.
- A small quantity or portion; a little: followed by a noun (without of) in a construction similar to def. 2 and to that of little, n.
- N/A
FEW vs SOME: ADJECTIVE
- The minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.
- Not few; more than a few; many.
- In a few words; briefly.
- A small number.
- Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.
- A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
- Being more than one but indefinitely small in number.
- Amounting to or consisting of a small number.
- Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
- Being part and perhaps all of a class.
- Unknown or unspecified by name.
- Being a considerable number or quantity.
- Being a portion or an unspecified number or quantity of a whole or group.
- Being an unspecified number or quantity.
- Remarkable
- Relatively many but unspecified in number
- Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
- A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of.
- Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction from other or others.
- Considerable in number or quantity.
- About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance.
- Not much; a little; moderate.
- A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically.
- Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number. Used also pronominally.
- One part … another part; these … those; -- used distributively.
- One and all. See under All, adv.
FEW vs SOME: ADVERB
- N/A
- Of a measurement; approximately, roughly
- Somewhat.
- Approximately; about.
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
FEW vs SOME: PRONOUN
- A small number of persons or things.
- Few people, few things.
- An indefinite additional quantity.
- An indefinite or unspecified number or portion.
- An indefinite amount, a part.
- An indefinite quantity.
- A certain number, at least one.
FEW vs SOME: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Not many; a small number; only a small number.
- A small but indefinite number
- (determiner) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
- (determiner) (US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky.
- (determiner) (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
- (determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
- In some degree: to some extent; somewhat: as. I am some better; it is some cold.
- As; so; ever: used indefinitely after certain adverbs and pronouns, like so, soever.
- A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns or adjectives, as mettlesome, blithesome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome, gruesome, quarrelsome, toothsome, troublesome, wholesome, winsome.
- A; a certain; one: noting a person or thing indefinitely, either as unknown or as unspecified.
- In this sense often fallowed by a correlative other or another.
- A certain indefinite or indeterminate quantity or part of; more or less: often so used as to denote a small quantity or a deficiency: as, bring some water; eat some bread.
- In logic, at least one, perhaps all; but a few logicians sometimes employ a semidefinite some which implies a part, but not all.
- Hence A certain number of, stated approximately: in a quasi-adverbial use before a numeral or other word of number: as, a place some seventy miles distant; some four or five of us will be there.
- A certain person; one.
- A certain quantity, part, or number, as distinguished from the rest: as, some of them are dead; we ate some of our provisions, and gave away the rest.
- In this sense some is very commonly repeated, some … some (or, formerly, other some, as in Acts xvii. 18) meaning ‘a number … others,’ or ‘the rest.’
- The plural some is occasionally used in the possessive.
- Some, as originally used partitively with numbers (AS. feówra sum, one of four, etc.), has come to be an apparent distributive suffix, as in foursome, sevensome.
- Quantifier
- (determiner) a remarkable.
- (determiner) A considerable quantity or number of.
- (determiner) A certain proportion of, at least one.
- (determiner) An unspecified quantity or number of.
- (determiner) An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
- (determiner) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
FEW vs SOME: RELATED WORDS
- Little, Number, Various, Recent, Past, Numerous, Five, Many, Some, Handful, Several, Couple, Hardly a, A few, A couple of
- Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, About, Any, Both, Several, Many
FEW vs SOME: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Little, Number, Various, Recent, Past, Numerous, Five, Many, Some, Handful, Several, Couple, Hardly a, A few, A couple of
- Just about, Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, Any, Both, Several, Many
FEW vs SOME: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Do you plan to stay for a few months at a time, for a few years or for the rest of your life?
- This works for whatever amount of text is selected: a few words, a few paragraphs, or several pages of text.
- There can be various reasons to leave from work a few hours early or arrive at office a few hours late in the morning.
- You can usually earn a few hundred dollars doing a home inspection over a few hours.
- Since that time, I have had continual monthly groups, with people staying anywhere from a few months to a few years.
- Very few will ever enjoy this experience, make sure you are one of these very select few.
- The period of sleep may be a few seconds with awakening or a few minutes.
- This training can last for a few days to a few months.
- However, for most FPs it is a few seconds to a few minutes.
- You can leave your luggage for a few hours to a few days.
- In addition to passing the exam, here are some common requirements imposed by some state massage licensing boards.
- Some legislative provisions provide that payments under the legislation are exempt from payment: for example, some pensions.
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- PDA closure occurs late in some cases has prompted some investigators to completely withhold retreatment.
- Some jurisdictions also tax some types of business personal property, particularly inventory and equipment.
- We provide here some basic information to help frame some of the issues.
- Each of the manufacturers comes in for some approving, and some disapproving, comments.
- She did do some modeling and some flight attendant work upon graduation.
- Certification or some proof of professional training is required in some states.
- While some states prohibit subrogation, some allow it.
FEW vs SOME: QUESTIONS
- Why are there so few female characters in 'Hamilton'?
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- Why do so few people achieve financial independence?
- Why do very few smartphones allow aperture control?
- Do only few Africans understand what Marxism means?
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- Why does Minecraft keep freezing every few seconds?
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- Why are some people so talkative and some people not?