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Definition of several adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

several

adjective
 
/ˈsevrəl/
 
/ˈsevrəl/
(formal)
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  1. separate
    • They said goodbye and went their several ways.
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySeveral is used with these nouns:
    • instance
    • occasion
    • reason
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ ‘separate, different’.
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