fewest
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- adjective
- /ˈfjuːɪst/
:
el menor número (de)
- It has the fewest soldiers.
- the fewest number
- fewest possible
- fewest symptoms
However, it's frustrating a little bit that I find often times that the smarter stuff tends to get the fewest retweets and the fewest favorites.
- However, it's frustrating a little bit that I find often times that the smarter stuff tends to get the fewest retweets and the fewest favorites.
Examples
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Unfortunately, this leaves only 6, the fewest number since the inaugural year of 1985.
Academic text (2000) -
Bastien was the participant who made the fewest errors in picture naming.
Academic text (2012) -
The best machine is the one with the fewest parts.
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Women always put things in the fewest words.
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It's the option with the fewest question marks for safety.
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Their primary goal is to lose the fewest votes and gain the most.
Academic text (1993) -
As a result, children with the greatest educational needs tend to have the fewest dollars spent on their education.
Academic text (1994) -
Student 1 answered the fewest items correctly, with 0% on the first probe and 5% on the second.
Academic text (2005) -
Gulf of Mexico anglers made the fewest trips per year and were the least successful.
Academic text (1992) -
In the competition, the team with the fewest errors won the trophy.
Antonyms
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fewest comes from the simple word few, meaning 'a small number', plus the ending -est. Putting them together makes the 'most' form, so fewest means the 'smallest number' of people or things.