"a fair few" meaning in English

See a fair few in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} a fair few, {{en-det}} a fair few
  1. An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of. Synonyms: quite a few
    Sense id: en-a_fair_few-en-det-Y~aTqU4d Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English determiners: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 53 47

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} a fair few
  1. An indefinite and somewhat large number.
    Sense id: en-a_fair_few-en-pron-CjNdIoo3 Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English determiners: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 53 47

Download JSON data for a fair few meaning in English (1.5kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "a fair few",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "a fair few",
      "name": "en-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of."
      ],
      "id": "en-a_fair_few-en-det-Y~aTqU4d",
      "links": [
        [
          "a few",
          "a few"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "quite a few"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a fair few"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "a fair few",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An indefinite and somewhat large number."
      ],
      "id": "en-a_fair_few-en-pron-CjNdIoo3"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a fair few"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English determiners",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English pronouns"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "a fair few",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "a fair few",
      "name": "en-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a few",
          "a few"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "quite a few"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a fair few"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English determiners",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English pronouns"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "a fair few",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An indefinite and somewhat large number."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a fair few"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.