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The answer FEWER has 97 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of fewer in various dictionaries:
adj - (comparative of `few' used with count noun s) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
adj - a quantifier that can be used with count noun s and is often preceded by `a'
adj - amounting to or consisting of a small number
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Possible Crossword Clues |
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Not as many |
Reduced in number |
Less numerous |
Like two, to four |
A dwindling number of |
A smaller number |
Decreasing numbers of |
Smaller in number |
Less in number |
Less |
Possible Dictionary Clues |
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The comparative of few a smaller number. |
(comparative of few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of |
a small number of. |
used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is. |
A small number of. |
Used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is. |
The minority of people the elect. |
Fewer description |
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According to prescriptive grammar, "fewer" should be used (instead of "less") with nouns for countable objects and concepts (discretely quantifiable nouns, or count nouns). According to this rule, "less" should be used only with a grammatically singular noun (including mass nouns). However, descriptive grammarians (who describe language as actually used) point out that this rule does not correctly describe the most common usage of today or the past and in fact arose as an incorrect generalization of a personal preference expressed by a grammarian in 1770.This rule can be seen in the examples "there is less flour in this canister" and "there are fewer cups (grains, pounds, bags, etc.) of flour in this canister", which are based on the reasoning that flour is uncountable whereas the unit used to measure the flour (cup etc.) is countable. Nevertheless, even most prescriptivists accept the most common usage "there are less cups of flour in this canister" and prescribe the rule addition tha |