Several definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

several in American English · 1. being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind. several ways of doing it · 2. respective; individual. They went their ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'several'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× several (sevrəl ) determiner Severalisusedtorefertoanimprecisenumberofpeopleorthingsthatisnotlargebutisgreaterthantwo. Ihadlivedtwodoorsawayfromthisfamilyforseveralyears. Severalblueplasticboxesunderthewindowwerefilledwithrecordalbums. Severalhundredstudentsgatheredoncampus. Severalisalsoaquantifier. Severalofthedelayswerecausedbythenewhigh-techbaggagesystem.[+of] Accordingtoseveraloftheirfriends,their25-yearmarriagehassufferedsomedifficulties. Severalisalsoapronoun. Noonedrugwillsuitorworkforeveryoneandsometimesseveralmayhavetobetried. Ben'scaseisnotuniquebutoneofseveralIhavecomeupagainstduringthepast fewyears. Synonyms:some,afew,anumberof,ahandfulof MoreSynonymsofseveral MoreSynonymsofseveral COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers EnglishEasyLearningGrammarDeterminersWhatisadeterminerinEnglish?Whendoyouuse'a'and'an'inEnglish?Whendoyouuse'the'inEnglish?Whichnounsareusedwithout'a','an',or...   ReadmoreEnglishEasyLearningGrammarIndefinitepronounsWhattypeofpronounarethewordssomeone,everybody,anything,nothing,etc.?Whatarethedifferenttypesofindefinitepronoun?Whatdetermineror...   ReadmoreEnglishEasyLearningGrammarNounphraseswithseveraldeterminersHowdoyouusemorethanonedeterminerinnounphrasesinEnglish?...   Readmore Video:pronunciationof several Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'several' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'several' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'socialprescribing' HindiTranslationof'several' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency severalinBritishEnglish (ˈsɛvrəl ) determiner1. a. morethanafew;anindefinitesmallnumber severalpeopleobjected b. (aspronoun;functioningasplural) severalofthemknow adjective2. (prenominal) various;separate thememberswiththeirseveraloccupations 3. (prenominal) distinct;different threeseveraltimes 4. law capableofbeingdealtwithseparately;notsharedComparejoint(sense15) CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC15:viaAnglo-FrenchfromMedievalLatinsēparālis,fromLatinsēpār,fromsēparāretoseparate WordFrequency severalinAmericanEnglish (ˈsɛvərəl ;ˈsɛvrəl ) adjective1.  existingapart;separate;distinct;individual 2.  different;respective partedandwenttheirseveralways 3.  morethantwobutnotmany;ofanindefinitebutsmallnumber;few 4. ChieflyDialectal quiteafew;many 5. Law oforhavingtodowithanindividualperson;notsharedorjoint pluralnoun6.  anindefinitebutsmallnumber(ofpersonsorthings) pronoun[withpl.v.]7.  severalpersonsorthings;afew Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginME