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Definition of several adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

several

adjective

/ˈsevrəl/

/ˈsevrəl/

(formal)

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separate
- They said goodbye and went their several ways.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Several is used with these nouns:
instance
occasion
reason
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ ‘separate, different’.

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have several, etc. irons in the fire

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