Used in a Sentence

fewer

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fewer.

Editorial note

Yes, it's better to have fewer divs that serve no purpose but to create the desired visual effect.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fewer gathered in one view.

adjective

(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fewer.

adjective

(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of

Example sentences

1

Yes, it's better to have fewer divs that serve no purpose but to create the desired visual effect.

2

If publishers were more ethical with their implementations of advertising technologies, fewer people would be driven to use ad-blocking.

3

The result was a death-spiral: as Usenet got more expensive to host, fewer ISPs hosted it; many outsourced to other providers.

4

If there were more utilities and fewer crappy games, perhaps I'd spend more money at the App Store.

5

At best, it predicts fewer women than men in certain subjects, but that's it.

6

Because it predicts fewer things, and not even what you claim it does.

7

And they shift the economics of vehicle ownership, so fewer people own cars, and thus fewer people identify as 'drivers' that are only concerned with roadway widening and parking construction, rather than public transit provision.

8

But so might cognitive psychology, and with seemingly fewer worries about charlatans.

9

As those at the bottom age, they find themselves competing with other programmers their age for far fewer jobs toward the top of the pyramid.

10

If you use nonstandard constructions, fewer people will understand you.

11

To me it motivates the subject, results in fewer magic formulas, and it makes it easier later for people to see how to apply it in practice.

12

It even explains interesting shifts we see in, say, education (more women as prestige drops, while in CS fewer women as prestige rises).

Quote examples

1

However, we see that while the binary relation "fewer" may remain, how much fewer decreases over time.

2

And we are talking about millions of ICEs in cars vs orders of magnitude fewer "engines" at power plants.

3

There are few who could argue that what he did wasn't treason, but there are fewer who have solid ground to stand on when it comes to "right" and "wrong".

4

I think the worry is the hybrid species might out compete the native red deer, or that fewer "pure" deer of either species will be left if hybridisation continues, as the hybrid offspring will be less picky about sticking to their own kind.

Proper noun examples

1

Fewer people they need to monitor with the level of scrutiny, people with clearance safely assume they are being monitored at.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fewer in a sentence?

Yes, it's better to have fewer divs that serve no purpose but to create the desired visual effect.

What does fewer mean?

(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of

What part of speech is fewer?

fewer is commonly used as adjective.