PRECIOUS FEW

Meaning of PRECIOUS FEW in English

very small number, very little

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

PRECIOUS — I. ˈpreshəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old French precios, precieus, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, value + -osus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pron. & adjective, from Old English fēawa, fēa; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEW — (superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a …
Английский словарь Webster
PRECIOUS — — preciously , adv. — preciousness , n. /presh"euhs/ , adj. 1. of high price or great value; very valuable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEW — /fyooh/ , adj., fewer, fewest , n., pron. adj. 1. not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. ˈpre-shəs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French precios, from Latin pretiosus, from pretium price — more at price Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pronoun & adjective, from Old English fēawa; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — adj particular; fastidious; overnice. 2. precious ·adj of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. 3. precious ·add. ·adj particular; …
Webster English vocab
FEW — [few] pron, pl in constr [ME fewe, pron. & adj., fr. OE feawa; akin to OHG fo little, L paucus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRECIOUS — precious BrE AmE ˈpreʃ əs ▷ precious|ly li ▷ precious|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ precious ˈ metal BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — / ˈpreʃəs; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective 1. rare and worth a lot of money : a precious …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — / fjuː; NAmE / determiner , adjective , pronoun ■ determiner , adjective ( fewer , few·est ) 1. used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — I. pre ‧ cious 1 /ˈpreʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: precios , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEW — few S1 W1 /fjuː/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun , adjective ( comparative fewer , superlative fewest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. adj. 1 of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEW — adj. & n. adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. of great value or worth. 2 beloved; much prized (precious memories). 3 affectedly refined, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1. (prec. by a) some …
Oxford English vocab
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is precious , you mean that it is valuable and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — ( fewer, fewest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRECIOUS — 1. If you say that something such as a resource is ~, you mean that it is valuable and should …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FEW — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRECIOUS — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a precious possession (= one that is valuable or important to you ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEW — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A few ▪ A few weeks from now I’ll be in Venice. Comparatively few ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — (PERFECTING) [adjective] [disapproving] - behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to unimportant details …
Cambridge English vocab
FEW — (SOME) [determiner], [pronoun] - a few some; a small number (of)There are a few cakes left over from the party …
Cambridge English vocab
FEW — See: MAN OF FEW WORDS, NOT A FEW, QUITE A FEW.
Slang English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj. Function: adjective 1 of such great value that a suitable price is hard to estimate FF1C; a precious twelfth …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FEW — • ↑ a few • ↑ quite a few • ↑ too little/few
Longman Activator English vocab
PRECIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective precious works of art : VALUABLE, costly, expensive; invaluable, priceless, beyond price. her most precious possession : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEW — n. 25B6; determiner police are revealing few details : NOT MANY, hardly any, scarcely any; a small number of, a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — adj. 1 dear, dearest, costly, expensive, high-priced, valuable, invaluable, prized, priceless, irreplaceable, Colloq pricey The entire cabinet was filled with …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FEW — adj. 1 hardly or scarcely any, not many, insufficient; infrequent, occasional Few people came to my party He is a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FEW — See: MAN OF FEW WORDS, NOT A FEW, QUITE A FEW.
Словарь английских идиом
FEW — pronoun 1 BAD : With the few money he had been given, he bought an apple and some cheese. GOOD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone ≈ драгоценный камень precious metal ≈ благородный металл Happiness was the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEW — 1. прил. 1) мало, немногие, немного His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them. ≈ Его идеи очень …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS — precious.ogg 1. ʹpreʃəs n любимый, дорогой my precious - мой любимый, мой дорогой, мой драгоценный, мой ненаглядный 2. ʹpreʃəs a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEW — few.ogg 1. fju: n 1> немногие; незначительное количество few of the inhabitants were to be seen - только немногих жителей …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRECIOUS — precious прил.1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the most …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FEW — незначительное число немногие, немного, мало (а few) несколько quite a few - довольно много, порядочное число, порядочно the few - …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRECIOUS — 1. ʹpreʃəs n любимый, дорогой my precious - мой любимый, мой дорогой, мой драгоценный, мой ненаглядный 2. ʹpreʃəs a 1. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FEW — 1. fju: n 1) немногие; незначительное количество few of the inhabitants were to be seen - только немногих жителей можно …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FEW — 1. прил. 1) мало, немногие, немного His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them. — Его идеи очень …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone — драгоценный камень precious metal — благородный металл Happiness was the most precious gift. — Счастье …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FEW — 1. прил. 1) мало, немногие, немного His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them. — Его идеи очень сложны, и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRECIOUS — 1. _a. 1> драгоценный; precious stone - драгоценный камень 2> дорогой; любимый; a precious friend you have been! - _ирон. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FEW — 1. _a. 1> немногие, немного, мало; few possessions - скудные пожитки; he is a man of few words - он …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRECIOUS — 1. a. 1. драгоценный; precious stone - драгоценный камень 2. дорогой; любимый; a precious friend you have been! - ирон. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FEW — 1. a. 1. немногие, немного, мало; few possessions - скудные пожитки; he is a man of few words - он …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FEW — незначительное число немногие, немного, мало (а few) несколько quite a few - довольно много, порядочное число, порядочно the few - меньшинство tip a few - …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
PRECIOUS — 1. _a. 1> драгоценный; precious stone драгоценный камень 2> дорогой; любимый; a precious friend you have been! _ирон. хорош друг! …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FEW — 1. _a. 1> немногие, немного, мало; few possessions скудные пожитки; he is a man of few words он немногословен; every …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PRECIOUS — I n infml Look here, precious, it's none of your busineses as I can see — Послушай, дорогая, по-моему, ты лезешь …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PRECIOUS — I n infml Look here, precious, it's none of your busineses as I can see — Послушай, дорогая, по-моему, ты …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PRECIOUS — precious n infml Look here, precious, it's none of your busineses as I can see Послушай, дорогая, по-моему, ты лезешь …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PRECIOUS — I Look here, precious, it's none of your busineses as I can see — Послушай, дорогая, по-моему, ты лезешь не …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
PRECIOUS — 1. прил. 1) а) драгоценный; большой ценности precious stone ≈ драгоценный камень precious metal ≈ благородный металл Happiness was the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEW — 1. прил. 1) мало, немногие, немного His ideas are very difficult, and few people understand them. ≈ Его идеи очень …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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