Several

Determiner

 * 1)  Separate, distinct; particular.
 * 2) * 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.42:
 * He had a religion apart: a God severall unto himselfe, whom his subjects might no waies adore.
 * 1) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.i.4.2:
 * So one thing may be good and bad to several parties, upon diverse occasions.
 * 1) A number of different; various. (Now merged into later senses, below)
 * 2) Consisting of a number more than one but not very many; diverse.
 * 3) * 1784, William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., preface :
 * The favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinion, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfeion; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
 * 1) * 2004, The Guardian, 6 Nov 2004:
 * Several people were killed and around 150 injured after a high-speed train hit a car on a level crossing and derailed tonight

Derived terms

 * several states
 * severally

Adverb

 * 1) By itself; severally.

Noun

 * 1)  An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
 * 2) Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
 * 3)  An enclosed or separate place; enclosure.

Thesaurus
a certain number, a few, a number, absolute, assorted, at odds, at variance, certain, concrete, considerable, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, defined, definite, departing, detailed, determinate, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, distributional, distributive, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, equal, esoteric, especial, even stephen, exceptional, express, extraordinary, few, fifty-fifty, fixed, half, half-and-half, halvers, heterogeneous, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, independent, individual, inharmonious, inner, intimate, irreconcilable, legion, many, many and various, minute, more, motley, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, nonuniqueness, not a few, noteworthy, numerous, numerousness, of all sorts, one or two, parcel, particular, passel, per capita, per head, personal, pluralism, plurality, pluralness, poles apart, poles asunder, populous, precise, private, pro rata, proportional, proportionate, prorated, respective, separate, separated, single, singular, solipsistic, some, special, specific, sundry, two or three, umpteen, unconformable, unequal, unlike, upwards of, variant, varied, variegated, variety, various, varying, voluminous, widely apart, worlds apart

Alternative forms

 * ſeveral

Etymology
From several:, from  separalis:, from  separ:.

Determiner

 * Arabic: بعض, عدة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 幾個, 几个, 些
 * Czech:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: mehrere, einige
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hindi: कई


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: いくらかの; 数人;  数個
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian: چند
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: کئی


 * Estonian: mõni
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Japanese: めいめいの;  それぞれの


 * Macedonian: некоj, некои
 * Russian:


 * Azeri:
 * Estonian:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 別々, 異なった, 独自, 個別


 * Russian:
 * Turkish: çeşitli, muhtelif


 * : 數個, 数个 (shù gè), 幾個, 几个 (jǐ ge)
 * : verschiedene, einige
 * : plura
 * : verschiedene, einige
 * : plura
 * : verschiedene, einige
 * : plura
 * : plura


 * : 여럿의 (yeoreosui)
 * : vários
 * : niekoľko
 * : enskild
 * : enskild
 * : enskild

Noun

 * Japanese: 数人;  数個


 * Japanese: 別々, 独自, 個別

Anagrams

 * leavers
 * reveals

Adjective

 * 1) separate

Noun

 * 1) one's own property or possession

Descendants

 * English: