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adjective
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being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it.
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respective; individual: They went their several ways.
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separate; different: several occasions.
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single; particular.
5.
Law. binding two or more persons who may be sued separately on a common obligation.
noun
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several persons or things; a few; some.
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Several
is always a great word to know.
So is extortion. Does it mean:
| permitting no option, not to be disregarded or modified |
| the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one's office or authority |
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| several (ˈsɛvrəl) | |
| —determiner | |
| 1. | a. more than a few; an indefinite small number: several people objected |
| b. (as pronoun; functioning as plural): several of them know | |
| —adj | |
| 2. | (prenominal) various; separate: the members with their several occupations |
| 3. | (prenominal) distinct; different: three several times |
| 4. | law Compare joint capable of being dealt with separately; not shared |
| [C15: via Anglo-French from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpār, from sēparāre to | |
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Word Origin & History
several
1422, "existing apart," from Anglo-Fr. several, from M.Fr. seperalis "separate," from L. separe (ablative of *separ "distinct"), back formation from separare "to separate" (see separate). Meaning "various, diverse, different" is attested from 1508; that of "more than one"
EXPANDis from 1531, originally in legal use.
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