"several" meaning in English

See several in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/ Audio: en-us-several.ogg Forms: more several [comparative], most several [superlative]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|sēpar||separate}} Latin sēpar (“separate”), {{surf|en|sever|-al}} By surface analysis, sever + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} several (comparative more several, superlative most several)
  1. (obsolete) Separate, distinct; particular. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-several-en-adj-y2vL~cOM
  2. A number of different; various.
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  3. (law) Separable, capable of being treated separately. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-several-en-adj-Tibm3Ir8 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: severall [obsolete] Derived forms: have several seats, joint and several, several fishery

Adverb

IPA: /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/ Audio: en-us-several.ogg
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|sēpar||separate}} Latin sēpar (“separate”), {{surf|en|sever|-al}} By surface analysis, sever + -al Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} several (not comparable)
  1. By itself; severally. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-several-en-adv-9ok4fw9Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: severall [obsolete]

Determiner

IPA: /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/ Audio: en-us-several.ogg
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|sēpar||separate}} Latin sēpar (“separate”), {{surf|en|sever|-al}} By surface analysis, sever + -al Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} several, {{en-det}} several
  1. Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many. Synonyms: a few#Determiner, a couple of Derived forms: severally, several states, take several seats Related terms: sever Translations (consisting of a number more than two, but not very many): بَعْض (baʕḍ) (Arabic), عِدَّة (ʕidda) (Arabic), մի քանի (mi kʻani) (Armenian), бер нисә (ber nisə) (Bashkir), hainbat (Basque), не́калькі (njékalʹki) [plural] (Belarusian), няколко (njakolko) (Bulgarian), 幾個 (Chinese Mandarin), 几个 (jǐgè, jǐge) (Chinese Mandarin), (xiē) (Chinese Mandarin), několik (Czech), meerdere (Dutch), verscheidene (Dutch), 几其 (gui gi, gui i) (Eastern Min Chinese), kelkaj (Esperanto), diversaj (Esperanto), pluraj (Esperanto), mitu (Estonian), usea (Finnish), plusieurs [plural] (French), რამდენიმე (ramdenime) (Georgian), mehrere (German), einige (German), αρκετός (arketós) (Greek), plizyè (Haitian Creole), कई (kaī) (Hindi), több (Hungarian), számos (Hungarian), plura (Ido), plure (Interlingua), varie (Interlingua), diversi [masculine, plural] (Italian), いくらかの (ikuraka no) (Japanese), 数人の (sūnin no) (note: of people) (alt: すうにんの) (Japanese), 数個の (sūko no) (note: of objects) (alt: すうこの) (Japanese), បីបួន (bəy buən) (Khmer), បួនដប់ (buən dɑp) (Khmer), ប៉ុន្មាន (ponmaan) (Khmer), 여러 (yeoreo) (Korean), (myeot) (Korean), aliquot (Latin), complures (Latin), неколку (nekolku) (Macedonian), നിരവധി (niravadhi) (Malayalam), shiartanse (Manx), хэд хэдэн (xed xeden) (Mongolian), flere (Norwegian Bokmål), fler (Norwegian Bokmål), mantun (Occitan), چند (čand) (Persian), kilka (Polish), muitos (Portuguese), vários (Portuguese), diversos (Portuguese), alguns [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), câțiva [masculine] (Romanian), câteva [feminine] (Romanian), не́сколько (néskolʹko) (Russian), neki (Serbo-Croatian), nekoliko (Serbo-Croatian), niekoľko (Slovak), nekoliko (Slovene), varios [masculine, plural] (Spanish), varias [feminine, plural] (Spanish), flera (Swedish), หลาย (lǎai) (Thai), birkaç (Turkish), де́кілька (dékilʹka) (Ukrainian), кі́лька (kílʹka) (Ukrainian), کئی (kaī) (Urdu), dăm (note: about five) (Vietnamese), vài (english: two or three) (Vietnamese), עטלעך (etlekh) (Yiddish), çend (diq) (Zazaki) Translations (diverse; different; various): የተለያዩ (yätäläyayu) (Amharic), müxtəlif (Azerbaijani), diversa (Esperanto), eri (Estonian), eri (Finnish), különböző (Hungarian), különféle (Hungarian), vari (Italian), 別々の (betsubetsu no) (Japanese), 異なった (kotonatta) (Japanese), 独自の (dokuji no) (Japanese), 個別の (kobetsu no) (Japanese), vários (Portuguese), разли́чный (razlíčnyj) (Russian), rozličný (Slovak), rôzny (Slovak), çeşitli (Turkish), muhtelif (Turkish), babet (Zazaki) Translations (obsolete: separate, distinct): mõni (Estonian), eri (Finnish), saját (Hungarian), önálló (Hungarian), egyéni (Hungarian), めいめいの (meimei no) (note: of people) (Japanese), それぞれの (sorezore no) (note: of objects) (Japanese), некој (nekoj) [masculine] (Macedonian), некои (nekoi) [plural] (Macedonian), diverso (Portuguese), distinto (Portuguese), не́который (nékotoryj) (Russian), tay (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-several-en-det-Wh8uBCed Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English indefinite pronouns, English positive polarity items, English terms suffixed with -al, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English determiners: 4 29 1 2 23 4 4 2 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 28 2 1 23 2 2 2 34 Disambiguation of English indefinite pronouns: 4 28 1 6 22 2 5 2 30 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 6 26 1 1 21 2 11 3 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 7 27 2 2 22 5 5 3 26 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 6 24 2 0 22 2 2 3 30 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 27 1 0 24 2 2 2 31 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 29 1 0 26 1 1 1 34 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: severall [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl/ Audio: en-us-several.ogg Forms: severals [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|sēpar||separate}} Latin sēpar (“separate”), {{surf|en|sever|-al}} By surface analysis, sever + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} several (plural severals)
  1. (obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land). Tags: obsolete Translations (obsolete: an area of land in private ownership): omaperäismaa [archaic] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-several-en-noun-hD3OYLU9 Disambiguation of 'obsolete: an area of land in private ownership': 87 3 4 7
  2. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. Translations (each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual): 数人 (sūnin) (note: of people) (alt: すうにん) (Japanese), 数個 (sūko) (note: of objects) (alt: すうこ) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-several-en-noun-l1iQ~fs8 Categories (other): English positive polarity items Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 6 26 1 1 21 2 11 3 28 Disambiguation of 'each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual': 0 98 1 1
  3. (archaic) An enclosed or separate place; enclosure. Tags: archaic Translations (archaic: an enclosed or separate place; enclosure): 別々 (betsubetsu) (Japanese), 独自 (dokuji) (Japanese), 個別 (kobetsu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-several-en-noun-rO2vYF8J Disambiguation of 'archaic: an enclosed or separate place; enclosure': 3 1 93 3
  4. (archaic) A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms. Tags: archaic
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with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms 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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: severall [obsolete] Related terms: quantifier

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "the hearts of the three cavaliers were completely captured, especially as gratitude was added to their admiration; it is a little singular, however, though no less certain, that each of them was enraptured with a several beauty.",
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          "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[…].",
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        "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 than two, but not very many",
          "word": "کئی"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "note": "about five",
          "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many",
          "word": "dăm"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "english": "two or three",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many",
          "word": "vài"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "etlekh",
          "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many",
          "word": "עטלעך"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "consisting of a number more than two, but not very many",
          "word": "çend (diq)"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "mõni"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "eri"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "saját"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "önálló"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "egyéni"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "of people",
          "roman": "meimei no",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "めいめいの"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "of objects",
          "roman": "sorezore no",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "それぞれの"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nekoj",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "некој"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nekoi",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "некои"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "diverso"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "distinto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nékotoryj",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "не́который"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "obsolete: separate, distinct",
          "word": "tay"
        },
        {
          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "yätäläyayu",
          "sense": "diverse; different; various",
          "word": "የተለያዩ"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "sense": "diverse; different; various",
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          "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[…].",
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          "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.",
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        "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "severals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "several (plural severals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sev‧er‧al"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "quantifier"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "detail",
          "detail"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An enclosed or separate place; enclosure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enclosed",
          "enclosed"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) An enclosed or separate place; enclosure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "severall"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obsolete: an area of land in private ownership",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "omaperäismaa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すうにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "of people",
      "roman": "sūnin",
      "sense": "each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual",
      "word": "数人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すうこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "of objects",
      "roman": "sūko",
      "sense": "each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual",
      "word": "数個"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "betsubetsu",
      "sense": "archaic: an enclosed or separate place; enclosure",
      "word": "別々"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dokuji",
      "sense": "archaic: an enclosed or separate place; enclosure",
      "word": "独自"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kobetsu",
      "sense": "archaic: an enclosed or separate place; enclosure",
      "word": "個別"
    }
  ],
  "word": "several"
}

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