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several
[ sev-er-uhl, sev-ruhl ]
adjective
- being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind:
several ways of doing it.
They went their several ways.
several occasions.
- Archaic. single; particular:
an examination of each several case.
- Law. binding two or more persons who may be sued separately on a common obligation.
pronoun
- several persons or things:
He's written ten novels, and several have sold very well.
Several of my friends are divorced.
several
/ ˈɛə /
determiner
- more than a few; an indefinite small number
several people objected
- ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
several of them know
adjective
- prenominal various; separate
the members with their several occupations
- prenominal distinct; different
three several times
- law capable of being dealt with separately; not shared Compare joint
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of several1
Example Sentences
Staff at several facilities did not adequately review health records and consider mental health conditions — as required by ICE’s standards of care — before engaging in calculated use-of-force incidents.
In the past three years, outbreaks of bird flu, formally called highly pathogenic avian influenza, in wild animals spilled over to dairy cows and poultry, infecting several dozen humans and even killing one American.
That said, as several experts in “Turning Point: The Vietnam War” mention, I am far from alone in my embarrassingly limited grasp of this history’s nuances.
It has also sent troops into the UN-monitored demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights, several adjoining areas and the summit of Mount Hermon.
And he's singled out several people who worked in his former administration whom he sees as disloyal, starting with the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.
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