Several can be categorized as a noun, an adjective and a pronoun.
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| several - distinct and individual; "three several times" | ||
| several - (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" | ||
Adverb |
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| several - By itself; severally. | ||
Noun |
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| several - An area of land in private ownership as opposed to common land. | ||
| several - Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. |
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| 1. | adj. | Three several times. | |
| 2. | adj. | Several letters came in the mail. | |
| 3. | adj. | Several people were injured in the accident. | |
| 4. | adj. | In Baghdad the fighting still continues in several areas, mostly in Sadr city and Adhamiya. | |
| 5. | adj. | Mosques are calling for donating blood, food, and medicine for Fallujah, and several convoys have already headed out for Fallujah, most of them returned later though. | |
| 6. | adj. | S. and I have an acquaintance who has hosted several of these children for many years; to see these little ones breaks the heart. | |
| 7. | adj. | Anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian feeling is strong among several major Iraqi ideological groups and currents. | |
| 8. | adj. | That India is not Yugoslavia and that the "foreigner-led" Indian National Congress can least afford to ignore Indian nationalism, has not struck the conferees, among whom have been several Indian "scholars" and "analysts" ready to say and endorse anything for the sake of a free trip to New York or Vienna. | |
| 9. | adj. | Several candidates were assassinated and targeted these last two weeks, others have been forced under threats to withdraw and to follow the example of the Islamic party. | |
| 10. | adj. | A shipment of weapons, ammunition and explosives, believed to have been purchased from Cambodia and worth several million dollars, left the port of Phuket in Thailand in early February 2001 aboard the freighter Comex-Joux 3. | |
| 11. | adj. | Also several days before the elections Pakistan closed the border crossing point at Chaman in Baluchistan which is a key entry point for the Taliban into Afghanistan. | |
| 12. | adj. | When the FLDS under Mr. Jeffs (and his father before him) grew to some 10,000 followers in several southwestern communities with estimated assets of $110 million; when it became clear that government officials, school authorities, and police in those communities had become intertwined with the sect; when ex-members increasingly reported child and sexual abuse charges (mainly involving underage girls forced to marry older men); and when the sect began to use secluded compounds, state and federal authorities started to crack down more vigorously. | |
| 13. | adj. | Yeah, I think Jeff wrote on one of his posts here in the past several months: "To hell with death". | |
| 14. | adj. | She is called "martyr" by several Arab leaders and "activist" by the European press. | |
| 15. | adj. | I am interested in several artists. |
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| Three several times. |
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| Several letters came in the mail. |
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| Several people were injured in the accident. |
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| In Baghdad the fighting still continues in several areas, mostly in Sadr city and Adhamiya. |
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| Mosques are calling for donating blood, food, and medicine for Fallujah, and several convoys have already headed out for Fallujah, most of them returned later though. |
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| S. and I have an acquaintance who has hosted several of these children for many years; to see these little ones breaks the heart. |
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| Anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian feeling is strong among several major Iraqi ideological groups and currents. |
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| That India is not Yugoslavia and that the "foreigner-led" Indian National Congress can least afford to ignore Indian nationalism, has not struck the conferees, among whom have been several Indian "scholars" and "analysts" ready to say and endorse anything for the sake of a free trip to New York or Vienna. |
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| Several candidates were assassinated and targeted these last two weeks, others have been forced under threats to withdraw and to follow the example of the Islamic party. |
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| A shipment of weapons, ammunition and explosives, believed to have been purchased from Cambodia and worth several million dollars, left the port of Phuket in Thailand in early February 2001 aboard the freighter Comex-Joux 3. |
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| Also several days before the elections Pakistan closed the border crossing point at Chaman in Baluchistan which is a key entry point for the Taliban into Afghanistan. |
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| When the FLDS under Mr. Jeffs (and his father before him) grew to some 10,000 followers in several southwestern communities with estimated assets of $110 million; when it became clear that government officials, school authorities, and police in those communities had become intertwined with the sect; when ex-members increasingly reported child and sexual abuse charges (mainly involving underage girls forced to marry older men); and when the sect began to use secluded compounds, state and federal authorities started to crack down more vigorously. |
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| Yeah, I think Jeff wrote on one of his posts here in the past several months: "To hell with death". |
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| She is called "martyr" by several Arab leaders and "activist" by the European press. |
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| I am interested in several artists. |
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