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| quite a few |
| 1. det. An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of. |
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| I've watched quite a few basketball games in my time. |
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| 2. n. An indefinite and somewhat large number. |
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| Analysis |
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| quite |
| 1. adv. To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.: |
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| 2. adv. With verbs, especially past participles. |
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| 3. adv. With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs. |
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| 4. adv. With predicative adjectives. |
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| 5. adv. With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc. |
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| a |
| 1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. |
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| There was a man here looking for you yesterday. |
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| 2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. |
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| I've seen it happen a hundred times. |
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| 3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) |
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| few |
| 1. det. (preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of. |
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| I was expecting lots of people at the party, but very few (=almost none) turned up. Quite a few of them (=many of them) were pleasantly surprised. I don't know how |
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| 2. det. (used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of. |
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| There are few people who understand quantum theory. Many are called, but few are chosen. |
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| 3. det. (meteorology of clouds) (US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky. |
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