Word of the Day

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

few-shot learning

few-shot learning

/ˌfjuː ʃɒt ˈlɜːrnɪŋ/

Learning from just a handful of examples

Few-shot learning adapted the model using only five examples per category.

Etymology — From Old English `feawa` (few) + `scot` (payment, shot) + `learning` from Old English `leornian`