"severity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈvɛɹɪti/ [UK], /səˈvɛɹəti/ [US], /səˈvɪɐɾɪti/ (note: Indic), /səˈvɪæɾɪti/ (note: Indic) Audio: en-us-severity.ogg Forms: severities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪti Etymology: From Middle English severity, from Middle French severite (modern French sévérité), from Latin sevēritās. By surface analysis, severe + -ity. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|severity}} Middle English severity, {{der|en|frm|severite}} Middle French severite, {{cog|fr|sévérité}} French sévérité, {{der|en|la|sevēritās}} Latin sevēritās, {{surf|en|severe|-ity}} By surface analysis, severe + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} severity (countable and uncountable, plural severities)
  1. The state of being severe. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being severe): χαλεπότης (khalepótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), صَرَامَة (ṣarāma) (Arabic), стро́гост (strógost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), суровост (surovost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), severitat [feminine] (Catalan), 严厉 (yánlì) (Chinese Mandarin), vážnost (situace) [feminine] (Czech), kritičnost [feminine] (Czech), závažnost [feminine] (Czech), ernst [feminine] (Dutch), strengheid [feminine] (Dutch), severeco (Esperanto), vakavuus (Finnish), ankaruus (Finnish), kovuus (Finnish), sévérité [feminine] (French), 𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹 (ƕassei) [feminine] (Gothic), anróiteacht [feminine] (Irish), severità [feminine] (Italian), 엄격함 (eomgyeokham) (Korean), 심각함 (simgakham) (Korean), severitas [feminine] (Latin), pākahatanga (Māori), شدت (şiddet) (Ottoman Turkish), gravidade [feminine] (Portuguese), severidade [feminine] (Portuguese), severitate [feminine] (Romanian), asprime [feminine] (Romanian), стро́гость (strógostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), severidad [feminine] (Spanish), vehamet (Turkish), şiddet (Turkish), sevär (Volapük)
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  2. The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (degree of something undesirable; badness): 严肃性 (yánsùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), závažnost [feminine] (Czech), ernst [feminine] (Dutch), ongewenstheid [feminine] (Dutch), slechtheid [feminine] (Dutch), pahuus (Finnish), gravité [feminine] (French), Härte [feminine] (German), Stärke [feminine] (German), Gewichtung [feminine] (German), gravità [feminine] (Italian), serietà [feminine] (Italian), شدت (šeddat) (Persian), суро́вость (suróvostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), seriedad [feminine] (Spanish), severidad [feminine] (Spanish), gravedad [feminine] (Spanish), derece (Turkish), ciddiyet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-severity-en-noun-047U9ksS Disambiguation of 'degree of something undesirable; badness': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: severeness Derived forms: overseverity, unseverity

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Härte"
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