several

Examples

• All

• But I just sort of found myself in several different contexts.

• At one firm where Lee applied, a female associate conducted one of several separate interviews with him.

  Academic text (1999)

• But what we did, we had several principles.

• When you start to get very concentrated, several things happen.

• Julie took me there for my birthday several years ago.

• People seemed not to know that a labor camp was only several hundred yards away from their community.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I mean, it's like I'm often working on several scripts simultaneously.

• I recognize several kinds of vegetation that only grow in that locality.

  Five Came Back (1939)

• Teachers, students, and administrators all function within several separate but overlapping and interrelated systems.

  Academic text (1990)

• She discussed her ideas with several colleagues before making a decision.

Synonyms

E

each

vsseveral

∞ 1.0

Every person or thing in a group seen as separate

is used to mark separate consideration of items rather than individual identification

P

particular

vsseveral

∞ 3.2

Specific and not general

is about viewing multiple items each as separate rather than naming one specific

I

individual

vsseveral

916 3.0

Relating to one person rather than to a group, or showing a person's own style

covers multiple items seen as separate individuals rather than a single unit

I

individually

vsseveral

123 2.5

Happening one at a time and not with others

focuses on noting items as separate members rather than describing the process

R

respective

vsseveral

110 5.3

Relating to each person or thing separately

is the plain statement that items are considered separately rather than linked

A

apiece

vsseveral

86 2.9

For each person or thing separately

expresses the idea of separate consideration rather than exact distribution

T

to each one

vsseveral

23 1.0

For each person or thing separately

is broader, marking items as separate rather than signalling allocation

O

on an individual basis

vsseveral

• Formal

7 4.4

Separately for each person or case

is a shorter expression for noting separate status without procedural emphasis

V

various

vsseveral

3 1.0

Referring to each one in a group separately

emphasizes separate consideration of items rather than variety among them

D

divers

vsseveral

• Archaic

2 8.4

Several different kinds of people or things

marks items as separate individuals rather than focusing on their difference

S

severally

vsseveral

1 8.2

Each person or thing on its own, not as a group

is the general way to say items are considered separately not collectively

Antonyms

T

together

∞ 1.0

With other people to do something as a group

C

collective

255 3.9

Shared by all members of a group acting together

Compounds

S

several-seeded

4.2

Having several seeds inside a fruit or pod

How Separate

individual

916 3.0

separate

844 2.1

several

1 1.0

collective

255 3.9

Surface Forms

Etymology