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Fewer or less? Who’s counting?
If you’re counting or measuring something — whether it’s people, cows or chairs — use fewer.
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If you can’t count or measure it, use less. Again: Fewer for measuring; less when you aren’t.
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Because there were fewer fans at the game, there was less noise than usual.
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Written by GRE Word of The Day Team on July 27th, 2008 with 3 comments.
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Melee (n)
Mela… Indian fair
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Melee….. Mela (fair) is an old tradition of Indian heritage. But you have heard many times in my small life span that in the melee of different Kumbh Melas, hundreds of people die every year. That might be God’s will!!!!!
Melee: a crowd of people rushing about in different directions & doing different things; scrimmage.
Eg:
>> Mohit’s sister eloped in the melee of Kumbh Mela.
>> Diana lost her Diamond ring in the melee.
>> A verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators
Synonyms affray, fracas, fray, free-for-all, row, ruckus, ruction
Related Words battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fight, fisticuffs, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, struggle, roughhousing; altercation, argument, dispute, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Melee(Antonym)
A) horseplay
B) contension
C) tussle
D) reason
E) tiff
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Written by GRE Word of The Day Team on July 27th, 2008 with 11 comments.
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