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Definition: Several |
SeveralAdjective1. (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many; "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident". 2. Considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed". 3. Distinct and individual; "three several times". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "several" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Note: Several \Sev"er*al\, adverb By itself; severally. [Obsolete]. (references) |
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Literature | Several = separate; that which is severed or separate; each, as "all and several." Azariah was a leper, and "dwelt in a several house" (2 Kings xv.5). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Couple, Several. The word couple is often incorrectly used in the sense of several; as, a couple of horses, mules, birds, trees, houses, etc. The use of the word couple is not only limited to two, but to two that may be coupled or yoked together. A man and wife are spoken of as a couple. We speak of a span of horses, a yoke of oxen, a brace of ducks, a pair of gloves. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SEV | English | Several | Computing |
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Synonyms: SeveralSynonyms: respective(a) (adj), several(a) (adj), several(p) (adj), various(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Multitude | Adjective: many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty; half a dozen, half a hundred; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous; numerose; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded; galore. |
Plurality | Noun: plurality; a number, a certain number; one or two, two or three; a few, several;Noun: plurality; a number, a certain number; one or two, two or three; a few, several; multitude; majority. |
Adjective: plural, more than one, upwards of; some, several, a few; certain; not alone. | |
Repetition | Again and again; over and over, over and over again; recursively; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after year; day by day; many times, several times, a number of times; many a time, full many a time; frequently. |
Speciality | Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Several |
| English words defined with "several": In several ♦ Joint and several. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "several": joint and several obligation. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "several": Volley. (references) |
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Screenplays | He had his ass beat several times for being gay, which, he was not. Imagine: fag bashing without all the benefits (S.L.C. Punk!; writing credit: James Merendino.) Our early attempts for a tractor beam went through several preparations (Austin Powers in Goldmember; writing credit: Mike Myers) Apparently he went through several drafts (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) So for the next several years, it's every family for themselves (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Yeah, it took several hundred years (The Bad News Bears; writing credit: Bill Lancaster) | |
Lyrics | But there are several other very important differences (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang) You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive (YOU'RE SO VAIN; performing artist: Carly Simon) Changed clothes several times (My Sick Mind; performing artist: The Roches) | |
Clever | There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. (references; author: Mark Twain) I know Karate! ...and several other Japanese words. (references; author: unknown) Some things that cost $5 to buy several years ago now costs $10 just to repair. (references; author: unknown) For dog bite, put the dog away for several days. If he has not recovered, then kill it. (references; author: unknown) When riding a dead horse (government), try harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Several Friends (1969) Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) (1988) | |
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 | The R.A. Bloch Building, donated to the National Cancer Institute by several American businessmen is now the home of PDQ, an information service for physicians. The International Cancer Information Center (ICIC), the technical information office, and the JNCI staff. The building was dedicated in October 1983. The physician's data query, PDQ, is a new computerized information system developed by the National Cancer Institute to disseminate up-to-date information on cancer treatment. Using state-of-the-art computers, PDQ makes recent advances in cancer treatment readily available to physicians nationwide. Credit: Lew Bass (photographer). |  | Several views of the plaque of the Pierluigi Nervi International Award for Cancer Research. Dr. Vincent Devita received this award on May 15, 1985. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Skin touch preparation showing Leishmania tropica amastigotes. Intact macrophage is practically filled with amastigotes, several of which have a clearly visible nucleus and kinetoplast (arrows). Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Employee tending one of several incinerators located at CDC. Credit: CDC. |
 | The Hubble telescope has snapped a view of several generations of stars in the central region ... Credit: NASA. |  | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is allowing several teams of astronomers to explore Io ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Montage of Saturn and several of its satellites, Dione, Tethys, Mimas, Enceladus, Rhea, and Titan. Credit: NASA. |  | Use of Navy Transit satellite receiver Determining latitude and longitude simultaneously Multiple passes over several hours to get good position. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Horned pondweed - Zannichellia palustrus - growth usually peaks in June and begins covering the beaches. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) provides food and habitat for a wide variety of biota, but has been in serious decline for the last several decades. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Several schools of Alewives, or "bait fish", can be seen breaking the surface on a calm Chesapeake Bay day. These fish are an important food source for Rockfish , Bluefish, and other large fish in the bay. Bay Bridge can be seen in the background. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Cat" by Marcio Simioni Commentary: "This is my cat. I took several pics of it but they're all useless... I think this is the only good one. Hope you enjoy." | "The Boy King" by Paul Porteous Commentary: "One of several shots I took of the mask whilst fulfilling a life time ambition to visit the Cairo museum Egypt. Typically the only one that wasn't blurred... (no flash allowed) Some other guy at the time got his wrist seriously slapped when his flash snap" |
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| Author | Quotation |
Friedrich Nietzsche | One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. |
| The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. | |
John Donne | God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. |
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus | Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families. |
Walt Whitman | I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes -- but is that all? |
William Shakespeare | My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale, and every tale condemns me for a villain. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Thus I have given several examples, out of history, of people free and in the state of nature, that being met together incorporated and began a commonwealth. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2009 | The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | After these plans shall have been adopted by the several Governments, the limits of armaments therein fixed shall not be exceeded without the concurrence of the Council. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Twice the United States has had to send several millions of its young men across the Atlantic to find the war; but now war can find any nation, wherever it may dwell between dusk and dawn. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | He was nervously rolling and unrolling several other scrolls, and making room among them for the one the Warden had just handed to him. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | After several turns, he sat down again |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Unscrupulous as it was, however, it could not bring them nearer than a circuit of several yards |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had invited several generals |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And, repeating this several times, she fell to laughing feebly |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | You may jest on, but, by the holy rood, I do not like these several councils, I. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | A clothes line strung along the side bore pink cotton dresses and several pairs of overalls |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | In this park are several small enclosures for cattle, corn, and gardening |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I met several there under more favorable circumstances than I could anywhere else |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Drug treatment may last several years. (references) | |
But it can last as long as several years. (references) | ||
Several drugs are used to treat gastroparesis. (references) | ||
Business | This is true for several reasons. (references) | |
Formal greetings can take several minutes. (references) | ||
The EU has also introduced several standards. (references) | ||
Children | Indonesia | Open houses for street children have been established in several provinces. (references) |
Malawi | There also are several self-supporting businesses run by and for persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Fiji | Several voluntary organizations also promote greater attention to the needs of the persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Pakistan | Several Ahmadi mosques remained closed. (references) |
Gambia | He was released after several hours without charge. (references) | |
Burkina Faso | Police injured several demonstrators and killed one. (references) | |
Discrimination | Tanzania | Religious and ethnic tensions in society continue to exist; however, the Government issued several statements in 2000 encouraging religious and ethnic tolerance during the election campaign. (references) |
Economic History | Jamaica | Kingston also has several reservoirs. (references) |
Tunisia | EFFORTS OF SEVERAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | He lost several teeth and remains in poor health. (references) |
Moldova | Detentions of several months were fairly frequent. (references) | |
Guatemala | Several escaped convicts eventually were recaptured. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Ecuador | Protesters blocked roads throughout the country, and there were several violent confrontations. (references) |
Russia | Responsibility for government policy toward indigenous people has been transferred between government agencies several times in the last few years. (references) | |
Colombia | The U'wa had filed several court challenges to drilling, and succeeded in winning brief delays before appeal courts ruled in favor of the Government's arrangement with Occidental. (references) | |
Minorities | Pakistan | Several police officers were beaten severely by students. (references) |
Togo | The mob reportedly also attacked several Ibo businesses and homes. (references) | |
Czech Republic | Police arrested and detained several skinheads and Roma for hooliganism. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Malaysia offers several export allowances. (references) |
Colombia | This list has been updated on several occasions. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | Parliament passed several laws on judicial reform. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkey | Several women are subgovernors. (references) |
Panama | Women's participation has increased in the past several years. (references) | |
Kenya | By-elections were held during the year in several constituencies. (references) | |
Trade | Venezuela | This entire procedure can take several weeks or even months. (references) |
Spain | Others vary in size from a simple warehouse to several square kilometers. (references) | |
Pakistan | Of the 50-some Modarabas floated to date, several are engaged in leasing. (references) | |
Travel | Czech Rep | Express mail is available through several companies. (references) |
Austria | Direct flights connect Vienna to several U.S. cities. (references) | |
Tunisia | TUNIS HAS SEVERAL LARGE, WELL-EQUIPPED PRIVATE CLINICS. (references) | |
Women | South Africa | Polygamy continues to be practiced by several ethnic groups. (references) |
Indonesia | The hotline receives several calls each day from battered women. (references) | |
Oman | Since 1970 conditions for women have improved markedly in several areas. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | La Strada provides several types of victim assistance. (references) |
Georgia | Prosecutors have used the fraud statutes in several trafficking cases. (references) | |
Kenya | The problem has received considerable media attention for several years. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career. The memory of Dr. Franklin is justly held in great reverence, particularly in France, where a waxen effigy of him was recently on exhibition, bearing the following touching account of his life and services to science: "Monsieur Franqulin, inventor of electricity. This illustrious savant, after having made several voyages around the world, died on the Sandwich Islands and was devoured by savages, of whom not a single fragment was ever recovered." Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Senator Hagel, several times you've mentioned that we ought to examine what a post-Saddam Iraq would look like. The vice president said he would envision a post-Saddam Iraq that would be a democracy, that would respect human rights. |
Andrew Card | We would like to move forward with the peace process, but it's not realistic today because the level of violence has increased dramatically over the last several months. |
Bill Maher | Well, I defended Michael Jackson several times. I think this country with Michael Jackson uses him as kind of a scapegoat because we are a youth-crazy country. |
Dominick Dunne | Listen, I'm not going to forget Chandra Levy. I mean, you know, I feel so sorry for Dr. and Mrs. Levy, with whom I've spoken on several occasions, a wonderful couple. And yeah, I'm not going to let go of this. I mean, I don't think we should forget this. |
Donald Rumsfeld | Oh, certainly. I've been there several times, and I intend to. We spend a lot of time thinking about it. It's terribly important that they succeed. |
Ellen Levin | Not really. There were several jurors that were very adamant that he should have been found guilty of murder, and there was one juror who, I believe, and I was told that seemed to have a secret crush on him, and that she was perhaps the one holdout. |
General Richard Myers | Let me recharacterize that. I think the mission was Pakistani-led with U.S. assistance, several agencies and some intel agencies. |
Karl Lagerfeld | Several things. First, don't forget Germany after the war was not the most exciting place. I didn't even know that one could make a living in fashion. |
Prince Albert of Monaco | My goals are to lead my country as best I can, to try to do good around me, to keep up this momentum that my country is on or has been on for the last several decades, and to be a member of the national community and to try to do good. |
Rush Limbaugh | McAuliffe and several other Democratic Party stalwarts founded what was called Federal City Bank, which drew many of its clients from its own political connections, including labor committees and political action committees. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Our peace with the several states on the coast of Barbary appears as firm as at any former period and as likely to continue as that of any other nation. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | We have a guide to this alteration in several of the amendments which the different conventions have proposed. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Abstracts from the recent dispatches of the commanders of our several squadrons are communicated with the report of the Secretary of the Navy to Congress. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Nor is our Government to be maintained or our Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. |
Rutherford Hayes | 1877-1881 | For the present, opinion will widely vary as to the wisdom of the several conclusions announced by that tribunal. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | I also recommend that minimum wage protection be extended to several groups of workers not now covered. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Legislatively and administratively we took several billions out of the economy. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As I have indicated on several occasions, the rate of withdrawal will depend on developments on three fronts. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | To this end, the Administration has launched several initiatives. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Over the past several decades, West European and other social democrats, Christian democrats, and leaders have offered open assistance to fraternal, political, and social institutions to bring about peaceful and democratic progress. |
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| "Several" is generally used as a determiner (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Several" is used about 23,977 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Determiner (general) | 100% | 23,977 | 365 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "several": at a distance of several years ♦ for several days running ♦ for several parts ♦ In several ♦ in several parts ♦ Joint and several ♦ lived through several epochs ♦ of several figures ♦ of several parts ♦ of several years ♦ on several occasions ♦ several miles away ♦ several of ♦ several of us ♦ several people ♦ several times ♦ speak several languages. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "several": several-fold, several-inch, several-person. | |
Ending with "several": frequently-several, intelligence-several, later-several. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "several"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | verskeie. (various references) | |
Albanian | personal (esoteric, individual, interior, nominal, nominative, one-man, personal, personalized, private), individual (individual, individualistic, separate, special), i veçuar (dangling, detached, individual, isolated, lonely, out of the way, retired, secluded, segregate, separate, single), disa (any, certain, couple, divers, some, sundry, umpteen, various), ca (couple, some). (various references) | |
Arabic | متنوع (assorted, different, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, omnifarious, sundry, variant, varied, various), مستقل (autonomous, detached, distinct, freelance, independent, maverick, particular, self contained, self-governing, separate, sovereign, unattached), مختلف (contradictory, contrastive, different, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, diversified, sundry, unlike, variant, various), عدة (apparatus, equipage, equipment, gang, kit, outfit, sundry, tackle), بعض منا, بعض (any, few, little, some, somewhat). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съответен (adequate, analogous, appropriate, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, corresponding, homologous, opposite, parallel, proper, reciprocal, relevant, respective), свой (his, own, thy), различен (another, different, discrepant, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, diversified, other, otherwise, removed, variant, varied), отделен (detached, discrete, disjunct, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, lone, odd, particular, self contained, separate, single, singular, solitary, stray, unattached), няколко (some, sundry, umpteen, various), неколцина, малко (any, awhile, bit, few, little, remotely, slightly, some, somewhat, sort of), единичен (individual, one track, particular, single, sporadic, stray), индивидуален (individual, particular). (various references) | |
Chinese | 些 (few, some), 数, 數 (figure, frequently, number, repeatedly, to calculate, to count), 幾個 , 幾 (a few, almost, how many, how much), 好幾 (quite a few). (various references) | |
Czech | rozlièný (manifold, sundry), rùzný (different, diverse, miscellaneous, sundry, variant, varied, various), pár (couple, doublet, few, pair, some), nìkolik (couple, few, some). (various references) | |
Danish | adskillige. (various references) | |
Dutch | verscheidene, diverse. (various references) | |
Esperanto | pluraj, diversaj. (various references) | |
Faeroese | nógvir (many), fleiri. (various references) | |
Farsi | متعدد (Great, Manifold, Multifarious, Multiple, Somedeal, Umpteen, Umpteenth), مختلف (Disparate, Dissimilar, Diverse, Off, Variant, Various), چندین (Lot, Many, Multiple, Various), چند, جدا (Another, Apart, Asunder, Discrete, Disjoin, Segregate, Separate), برخی از (Some). (various references) | |
Finnish | useat (a great many, a number, many, various), useahkot, monet (many). (various references) | |
French | plusieurs. (various references) | |
Frisian | bytiden (several times, sometimes). (various references) | |
German | mehrere (multiple, severally, umpteen, various), verschiedene (deserve, miscellaneous, sundry, umpteen, various), einige (a few, any, few, some, some kind of). (various references) | |
Greek | μερικοί (a few, few, some, sundry), αρκετές, αρκετοί, διάφοροι (sundry). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אחדים (a few, couple, some, various), כמה (eager, how many much, yearning). (various references) | |
Hungarian | számos (a number of, many, numerous, time and again), különféle (divers, miscellaneous, multifarious, multiform, sundry, various), saját (home, maverick, own, peculiar, personal, proper, published at my expense, respective, to fight for one's own hand, to take over), néhány (a few, one or two, some, to get off with a scratch or two, two or three), különböző (different, differing, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, sundry, various), egyes (certain, individual, particular, single, singular, solo, some), önálló (autonomic, autonomous, independent, irrespective, self sufficient, self-employed, self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-supporting, separate, substantive). (various references) | |
Indonesian | beberapa (some). (various references) | |
Italian | parecchi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 諸 (many, various), 区区たる (conflicting, divergent, various), 区区 (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, trivial, various), 区々たる (conflicting, divergent, various), 区々 (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, trivial, various), 数隻 , 数個 , 幾 (how many?, how much?, some), 別箇 (another, different, separate). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すうせき, すうこ (shouting "Long live the Emperor"), くくたる (conflicting, divergent, various), しょ (many, various), くく (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, every clause, multiplication table, trivial, various), べっこ (another, different, separate, separate house), まちまち (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, trivial, various), いく (awe, fear, how many?, how much?, reverence, some, to go). (various references) | |
Korean | 몇몇. (various references) | |
Lombard | ona quej volta (several times, sometimes). (various references) | |
Manx | ymmodee (frequent, manifold, numerous, very many), shiartanse (some), shartanse. (various references) | |
Papiamen | tin bia (several times, sometimes), algun bes (several times, sometimes), akaso (several times, sometimes). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | everalsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vários (divers, manifold, some, sundry, umpteen, various), diversos (divers, manifold, sundry). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | vários (various), várias. (various references) | |
Romanian | respectiv (relative, respective, respectively), numãr de, mai mulţi (divers, more), individual (distinct, individual, individually, particular, particularly, personal, private, severally, single, substantive), fiecare (all and sundry, anybody, anyone, each, either, every, every one, everybody, everyone, per head, whatever), divers (different, diverse, medley, motley, multifarious, multitudinous, sundry, varied, various), diferit (alien, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, divers, diverse, manifold, medley, otherwise, sundry, unlike, varied, various), corespunzãtor (accordingly, adequate, answerable, commensurate, congenial, congruent, correct, correspondent, corresponding, decent, equal, equivalent, fit, fitting, normal, reciprocal, relative, respondent, suitable), câteva, câţiva. (various references) | |
Russian | различный (different, separate, sundry, variant, varied, various), отдельный (detached, discrete, distinct, dividual, individual, isolated, peculiar, scattered, segregate, separate, single, stand-alone), несколько (a few, one or two, several [], some), некоторые. (various references) | |
Scottish | liuthad (many). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nekoliko (few, few: a few, fewest, good few, some). (various references) | |
Spanish | varios (divers, some, sundry). (various references) | |
Swahili | pengine (several times, sometimes). (various references) | |
Swedish | flera (many, more, more numerous, various). (various references) | |
Thai | หลาย. (various references) | |
Turkish | birkaç kişi, birkaç (a few, a number of, one or two). (various references) | |
Turkmen | telim (some). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | різний (different, divers, diverse, odd, sundry, variant, varied, various), кілька (anchovy, couple, some, something, sprat), кожний (anybody, anyone, apiece, each, either, every, everybody, everyone), особистий (individual, interior, peculiar, personal, private, subjective). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vài riêng, vài, cá nhân; khác nhau. (various references) | |
Welsh | amryw (sundry, various). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aliquod, aliquot, conpluribus, nonnulli, plura, plures, pluribus, pluris, plus, singula, singulae, singularum, singulas, singuli, singulis, singulisque, singulorum, singulos. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | seperalis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai w men edwken pente talanta w de duo w de en ekastw kata thn idian dunamin kai apedhmhsen euqewV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et uni dedit quinque talenta alii autem duo alii vero unum unicuique secundum propriam virtutem et profectus est statim |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & anen he sealde fif pund. sumen twa.sumen an. äihwilce be his agene mægene & ferde sone. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And to oon he yaf fyue talentis, and to another tweyne, and to another oon, to ech after his owne vertu; and wente forth anoon. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And vnto one he gave .v. talentes to another .ii. and to another one: to every man after his abilite and streyght waye departed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and forthwith took his journey. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ang usa gihatagan niyag lima ka talanton ang usa duha ka talanton, ug ang usa usa ka talanton, sa matag-usa sumala sa iyang katakus. Ug unya milakaw siya. |
| Croatian | Jednomu dade pet talenata, drugomu dva, a treæemu jedan - svakomu po njegovoj sposobnosti. |
| Danish | og en gav han fem Talenter, en anden to, og en tredje en, hver efter hans Evne; og straks derefter drog han udenlands. |
| Dutch | En den ene gaf hij vijf talenten, en den ander twee, en den derden een, een iegelijk naar zijn vermogen, en verreisde terstond. |
| Finnish | yhdelle hän antoi viisi leiviskää, toiselle kaksi ja kolmannelle yhden, kullekin hänen kykynsä mukaan, ja lähti muille maille. |
| French | Il donna cinq talents à l`un, deux à l`autre, et un au troisième, à chacun selon sa capacité, et il partit. |
| German | und einem gab er fünf Zentner, dem andern zwei, dem dritten einen, einem jedem nach seinem Vermögen, und zog bald hinweg. |
| Hungarian | És ada az egyiknek öt tálentomot, a másiknak kettõt, a harmadiknak pedig egyet, kinek-kinek az õ erejéhez képest; és azonnal útra kele. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kepada setiap pelayan itu ia memberi menurut kesanggupan masing-masing. Kepada yang seorang ia memberi lima ribu uang emas. Kepada yang lainnya ia memberi dua ribu uang emas. Dan kepada seorang lagi ia memberi seribu uang emas. Lalu ia berangkat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka ada seorang yang diberinya lima talenta, ada seorang yang diberi dua, dan ada seorang pula yang diberi satu; masing-masing menurut kadarnya. Lalu berangkatlah tuan itu ke tanah lain. |
| Italian | A uno diede cinque talenti, a un altro due, a un altro uno, a ciascuno secondo la sua capacità, e partì. |
| Manx Gaelic | As da fer hug eh queig talentyn, da fer elley jees, as da fer elley unnane, da dy chooilley ghooinney rere roshtyn e hushtey, as chelleeragh ghow eh e yurnah. |
| Maori | Ki tetahi i hoatu e ia e rima taranata, ki tetahi e rua, ki tetahi kotahi; ki ia tangata, ki ia tangata, he mea whakarite ki to ratou uaua; a haere ana ia. |
| Norwegian | og en gav han fem talenter, en annen to, og atter en annen en, hver efter som han var duelig til, og så drog han utenlands. |
| Portuguese | a um deu cinco talentos, a outro dois, e a outro um, a cada um segundo a sua capacidade; e seguiu viagem. |
| Rumanian | Unuia i -a dat cinci talanyi, altuia doi, wi altuia unul: fiecqruia dupq puterea lui; wi a plecat. |
| Russian | Й ПДОПНХ ДБМ ПО РСФШ ФБМБОФПЧ, ДТХЗПНХ ДЧБ, ЙОПНХ ПДЙО, ЛБЦДПНХ РП ЕЗП УЙМЕ; Й ФПФЮБУ ПФРТБЧЙМУС. |
| Spanish | A uno dio cinco talentos, a otro dos, y a otro, uno. A cada uno dio conforme a su capacidad y se fue lejos. |
| Swahili | Alimpa kila mmoja kadiri ya uwezo wake: mmoja sarafu tano za fedha ziitwazo talanta, mwingine talanta mbili na mwingine talanta moja, kisha akasafiri. |
| Swedish | åt en gav han fem pund*, åt en annan två och åt en tredje ett pund, åt var och en efter hans förmåga, och for utrikes. |
| Uma | Nawai' -ra hore-hore ntuku' pakulea' -ra. Hadua nawai' lima ncobu doi bulawa, to hadua roncobu, pai' to hadua wo'o hancobu. Pai' -i me'ongko' -mi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "several": severalfold, severally, severals, severalties, severalty. (additional references) | |
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"Several" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Deverall, Deverils, Safarali, saffrall, Saverio, Savrola, Sefra, Segerma, Sekera, Servera, serveral, seueral, seveal, seve-ral, severall, severals, Severi, sevral, Sheverlay, sveal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "several" (pronounced se"vrul or se"verul) |
| 3 | -r u l | amoral, ancestral, antiviral, apparel, astral, aural, auroral, austral, Balmoral, barrel, Beryl, boral, Carle, Carol, carrel, cathedral, central, cerebral, choral, coral, feral, floral, gambrel, goral, immoral, imperil, Sorel, Sorrel, spiral, sterile, tetrahedral, integral, intramural, laurel, Loral, minstrel, mistral, mitral, moral, mural, neural, neutral, nostril, octahedral, oral, orchestral, peril, plural, quarrel, rural, scoundrel, ventral, vertebral, viral, virile. |
| 3 | -er u l | admiral, agricultural, architectural, behavioral, bilateral, collateral, Corporal, countercultural, cultural, doctoral, doggerel, electoral, ephemeral, federal, femoral, funeral, Gen, general, guttural, horticultural, humoral, inaugural, structural, supernatural, temporal, intercultural, lateral, liberal, literal, littoral, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, multilateral, natural, neoliberal, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, numeral, pastoral, pectoral, peripheral, pickerel, postdoctoral, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, sectoral, trilateral, unilateral, unnatural, visceral. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: laveers, leavers, reveals, vealers. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: averse, elvers, larees, laveer, lavers, leaser, leaver, leaves, levers, ravels, reales, reaves, resale, reseal, reveal, revels, salver, sealer, serval, slaver, sleave, vealer, velars, versal. | |
-2 letters: arles, avers, earls, easel, eaves, elver, elves, erase, laree, lares, laser, laver, laves, lears, lease, leave, leers, lever, rales, ravel, raves, reals, reave, reels, revel, salve, saree. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: aversely, cervelas, cleavers, enslaver, haverels, oversale, ravelers, revalues, reversal, servable, severals, slavered, slaverer, vesperal. | |
+2 letters: adversely, cervelats, crevalles, elevators, enslavers, graveless, lavenders, levanters, levatores, leverages, levirates, lifesaver, overlades, overleaps, oversales, overscale, overzeals, ravellers, relatives, revealers, reversals, reviewals, revisable, severable, severally, severalty, slaverers, slaveries, travelers, valerates, velarizes, verglases, vernacles, versatile, vesperals. | |
+3 letters: afterlives, aversively, cervelases, chevaliers, daredevils, everglades, intervales, lavalieres, lifesavers, observable, overcleans, overclears, overglazes, overlearns, overpedals, oversalted, overscaled, overvalues, paloverdes, prevalents, ravelments, relevances, reprievals, reservable, resolvable, retrievals, revaluates, revelators, revitalise, silverware, travellers, varletries, verbalizes, vernalizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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