Meaning & use

fewer

determiner·Academic

Used to indicate a smaller number of countable people or things, in comparison to another amount.

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Fewer students signed up for the trip this year than last year.

The new policy resulted in fewer complaints from customers about shipping delays.

A note on using this word

Fewer is used with plural countable nouns, such as fewer apples, while less is used with uncountable nouns, such as less water.

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