several

[SevĀ·er*al]

An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.

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Separate; distinct; particular; single.


a.
Separate; distinct; particular; single.

a.
Diverse; different; various.

a.
Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.

adv.
By itself; severally.

n.
Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.

n.
Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.

n.
An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.


Several

Sev"er*al , a. [OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See Sever, Separate.] 1. Separate; distinct; particular; single.
Each several ship a victory did gain.
Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand.
2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser.
Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished.
Four several armies to the field are led.
3. Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.

Several

Sev"er*al, adv. By itself; severally. [Obs.]
Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses.

Several

Sev"er*al, n. 1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. [Obs.]
There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals.
2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behind them.
3. An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [Obs.]
They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation.
In several, in a state of separation. [R.] "Where pastures in several be." Tusser.

Separate; distinct; particular; single.

By itself; severally.

Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.

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Usage Examples

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.

After 'Freaks and Geeks,' I dealt with several producers who wanted to cover up all my beauty marks, every single mole on my body. They tried to cover them on my first two episodes of 'Dawson's Creek,' and it just looked ridiculous, so I had to put my foot down. But it's not something I'm insecure about.

China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press.

At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers.

As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.

A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being.

Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter.

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