What part of speech is severity?

Severity can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does severity mean?

Definitions

Noun

severity - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
severity - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
severity - extreme plainness
severity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

Examples of severity

#   Sentence  
1. noun Severity of character.
2. noun The severity of such marks can reveal whether or not any of these people were habitually engaged in hard labor.
3. noun His running away from home is due to his father's severity.
4. noun He erred on the side of severity.
5. noun Any suspect case is considered a public health emergency due to the severity of this illness.
6. noun He treats me with severity.
7. noun Being confined within doors by the severity of the weather, many of the labourers and shepherds regarded this season as an interval of rest, and immediately after their morning meal they would lie down and sleep.
8. noun Horrified at the suddenness and severity of the attack, we carried him into the kitchen, where he lay back in a large chair, and breathed heavily for some minutes.
9. noun I think perhaps you don't understand the severity of the situation.
10. noun I think that perhaps you don't understand the severity of the situation.
11. noun I think maybe you don't understand the severity of the situation.
12. noun I think that maybe you don't understand the severity of the situation.
13. noun I think you don't understand the severity of the situation.
14. noun I think that you don't understand the severity of the situation.
15. noun The impacts of global climate change are already being felt in the United States and are projected to intensify in the future—but the severity of future impacts will depend largely on actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the changes that will occur.
Sentence  
noun
Severity of character.
The severity of such marks can reveal whether or not any of these people were habitually engaged in hard labor.
His running away from home is due to his father's severity.
He erred on the side of severity.
Any suspect case is considered a public health emergency due to the severity of this illness.
He treats me with severity.
Being confined within doors by the severity of the weather, many of the labourers and shepherds regarded this season as an interval of rest, and immediately after their morning meal they would lie down and sleep.
Horrified at the suddenness and severity of the attack, we carried him into the kitchen, where he lay back in a large chair, and breathed heavily for some minutes.
I think perhaps you don't understand the severity of the situation.
I think that perhaps you don't understand the severity of the situation.
I think maybe you don't understand the severity of the situation.
I think that maybe you don't understand the severity of the situation.
I think you don't understand the severity of the situation.
I think that you don't understand the severity of the situation.
The impacts of global climate change are already being felt in the United States and are projected to intensify in the future—but the severity of future impacts will depend largely on actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the changes that will occur.

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