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Few

Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.

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Elite 76% connected

A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fewness 74% connected

The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fewness 74% connected

The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.

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Multiplicity 66% connected

The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Multiplicity 66% connected

The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

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Numerosity 66% connected

The state of being numerous; numerousness.

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Numerosity 66% connected

The state of being numerous; numerousness.

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Some 66% connected

Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or nu…

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Some 66% connected

Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or nu…

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Many 94% connected

A retinue of servants; a household.

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Many 94% connected

A retinue of servants; a household.

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All adjective · 78% connection

The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the…

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Assemblage noun · 78% connection

A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.

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Assembler noun · 78% connection

One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

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Away adverb · 78% connection

By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.

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Body noun · 78% connection

A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective w…

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Chunking noun · 78% connection

(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

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Confinable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.

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Contribution noun · 78% connection

That which is contributed; -- either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by th…

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Count verb · 78% connection

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enu…

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Denomination noun · 78% connection

That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a cl…

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Dimension noun · 78% connection

The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical qu…

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Ellipse noun · 78% connection

Omission. See Ellipsis.

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Ellipses pl. · 78% connection

of Ellipsis

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generalisability noun · 78% connection

the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of t…

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Generality noun · 78% connection

the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of t…

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Generalizability noun · 78% connection

the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of t…

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have verb · 78% connection

To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to…

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Hundred noun · 78% connection

The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or object…

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