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[…], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):", "text": "Each several ship a victory did gain.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:", "text": "Each might his several province well command,\n Would all but stoop to what they understand.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Separate, distinct; particular." ], "id": "en-several-en-adj-y2vL~cOM", "links": [ [ "Separate", "separate" ], [ "distinct", "distinct" ], [ "particular", "particular" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(obsolete) Separate, distinct; particular." ], "tags": [ "obsolete" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "4 29 1 2 23 4 4 2 30", "kind": "other", "name": "English determiners", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 28 2 1 23 2 2 2 34", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "4 28 1 6 22 2 5 2 30", "kind": "other", "name": "English indefinite pronouns", "parents": [ "Indefinite pronouns", "Indefinite pro-forms", "Pronouns", "Pro-forms", "Lemmas", "Terms by semantic function" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 26 1 1 21 2 11 3 28", "kind": "other", "name": "English positive polarity items", "parents": [ "Positive polarity items", "Terms by semantic function" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "7 27 2 2 22 5 5 3 26", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -al", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 24 2 0 22 2 2 3 30 6 3", "kind": "other", "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "4 27 1 0 24 2 2 2 31 4 2", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 29 1 0 26 1 1 1 34 3 2", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:", "text": "[…]for several virtues\n Have I lik'd several women; never any\n With so full soul but some defect in her\n Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd,\n And put it to the foil[…].", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Simulation and Dissimulation”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:", "text": "habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):", "text": "Four several armies to the field are led.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:", "text": "Hence arose a dispute between the learned men, in which each delivered the reasons of their several opinions.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1755, Adam Fitz-Adam, The World, number CXXI, London, page 789:", "text": "In the midſt of all this buſtle, I was ſtruck with the appearance of a large bevy of beauties and women of the firſt fashion, who with all the perfect confidence of good breeding, inſhrined themſelves in the ſeveral temples dedicated to the Cyprian Venus[.]", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A number of different; various." ], "id": "en-several-en-adj-iEHuUE7f", "links": [ [ "different", "different" ], [ "various", "various" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Law", "orig": "en:Law", "parents": [ "Justice", "Society", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "Separable, capable of being treated separately." ], "id": "en-several-en-adj-Tibm3Ir8", "links": [ [ "law", "law#English" ], [ "Separable", "separable" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(law) Separable, capable of being treated separately." ], "topics": [ "law" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/" }, { "audio": "en-us-several.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/En-us-several.ogg/En-us-several.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/En-us-several.ogg" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "tags": [ "obsolete" ], "word": "severall" } ], "word": "several" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "xno", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Anglo-Norman", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ML.", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Medieval Latin", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "sēpar", "4": "", "5": "separate" }, "expansion": "Latin sēpar (“separate”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "sever", "3": "-al" }, "expansion": "By surface analysis, sever + -al", "name": "surf" } ], "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "determiner", "head": "" }, "expansion": "several", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "several", "name": "en-det" } ], "hyphenation": [ "sev‧er‧al" ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "det", "senses": [ { "antonyms": [ { "word": "one#Determiner" }, { "word": ";" }, { "word": "zero#Determiner" }, { "word": "no#Determiner" }, { "word": ";" }, { "word": "many#Determiner" }, { "word": "numerous#Determiner" }, { "word": ";" }, { "word": "countless#Determiner" } ], "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English links with manual fragments", "parents": [ "Links with manual fragments", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "4 29 1 2 23 4 4 2 30", "kind": "other", "name": "English determiners", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 28 2 1 23 2 2 2 34", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "4 28 1 6 22 2 5 2 30", "kind": "other", "name": "English indefinite pronouns", "parents": [ "Indefinite pronouns", "Indefinite pro-forms", "Pronouns", "Pro-forms", "Lemmas", "Terms by semantic function" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 26 1 1 21 2 11 3 28", "kind": "other", "name": "English positive polarity items", "parents": [ "Positive polarity items", "Terms by semantic function" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "7 27 2 2 22 5 5 3 26", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -al", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 24 2 0 22 2 2 3 30 6 3", "kind": "other", "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "4 27 1 0 24 2 2 2 31 4 2", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 29 1 0 26 1 1 1 34 3 2", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "derived": [ { "word": "severally" }, { "word": "several states" }, { "word": "take several seats" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Coordinate term: a handful of" }, { "text": "Several cars were in the parking lot.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "They had many journals. I subscribed to several.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Several of the members were absent.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1784, William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., preface", "text": "The favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public." }, { "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:", "text": "Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "6 November 2004, The Guardian:", "text": "Several people were killed and around 150 injured after a high-speed train hit a car on a level crossing and derailed tonight.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:", "text": "The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many." ], "id": "en-several-en-det-Wh8uBCed", "related": [ { "word": "sever" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "a few#Determiner" }, { "word": "a couple of" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "baʕḍ", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "بَعْض" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʕidda", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "عِدَّة" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "mi kʻani", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "մի քանի" }, { "code": "ba", "lang": "Bashkir", "roman": "ber nisə", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "бер нисә" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "hainbat" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "njékalʹki", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "не́калькі" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "njakolko", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "няколко" }, { "code": "cdo", "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese", "roman": "gui gi, gui i", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "几其" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "幾個" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "jǐgè, jǐge", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "几个" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "xiē", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "些" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "několik" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "meerdere" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "verscheidene" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "kelkaj" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "diversaj" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "pluraj" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "mitu" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "usea" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "plusieurs" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ramdenime", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "რამდენიმე" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "mehrere" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "einige" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "arketós", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "αρκετός" }, { "code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "plizyè" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "kaī", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "कई" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "több" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "számos" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "plura" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "plure" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "varie" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "diversi" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "ikuraka no", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "いくらかの" }, { "alt": "すうにんの", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "of people", "roman": "sūnin no", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "数人の" }, { "alt": "すうこの", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "note": "of objects", "roman": "sūko no", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "数個の" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bəy buən", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "បីបួន" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "buən dɑp", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "បួនដប់" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "ponmaan", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "ប៉ុន្មាន" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "yeoreo", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "여러" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "myeot", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "몇" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "aliquot" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "complures" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "nekolku", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "неколку" }, { "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "niravadhi", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "നിരവധി" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "shiartanse" }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "xed xeden", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "хэд хэдэн" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "flere" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "fler" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "mantun" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "čand", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "چند" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "kilka" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "muitos" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "vários" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "diversos" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "alguns" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "câțiva" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "câteva" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "néskolʹko", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "не́сколько" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "neki" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "nekoliko" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "niekoľko" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "nekoliko" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "varios" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "varias" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "flera" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "lǎai", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "หลาย" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "birkaç" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "dékilʹka", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "де́кілька" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "kílʹka", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "кі́лька" }, { "code": "ur", "lang": "Urdu", "roman": "kaī", "sense": "consisting of a number more 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"Korean", "roman": "yeoreo", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "여러" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "myeot", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "몇" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "aliquot" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "complures" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "nekolku", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "неколку" }, { "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "niravadhi", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "നിരവധി" }, { "code": "gv", "lang": "Manx", "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many", "word": "shiartanse" }, { "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "xed xeden", "sense": "consisting of a 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