several
/ˈsɛv(ə)r(ə)l/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsɛv(ə)r(ə)l/
several
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se - ve - ral -> several
Myanmar meaning
(det, pron) တစ်ခုထက်ပိုသော သို့ပေမဲ့ အများကြီးမဟုတ်။ (adj) ကိုယ်စီကိုယ်ငှ။
Full entry
several /'sevrǝl/ indef det, indef pron
(က) (det ) အချို့။ Several letters arrived this morning. ❍ He's written several books about India. ❍ Several more people than usual came to the lunchtime concert.
(ခ) (pron ) အချို့။ If you're looking for a photograph of Alice you'll find several in here. ❍ Several of the paintings were destroyed in the fire.
❏ severally /'sevrǝli/ adv (fml or law )
တစ်ဦးချင်း။ ကိုယ်စီကိုယ်င။ Partners are jointly and severally liable for the partnership's debts.
More examples
- The strike lasted for several days.
- He had been warned several times about speeding.
- Tobin wrote several books, including Decision of Destiny.
- The cough was one of her several nervous habits.
- There are only nine men in the programme, but several have drug problems.
- [several of] : Several of the passengers were badly injured.
- [several hundred/thousand etc] : City officials have lost several hundred thousand dollars in bad investments.
- They departed and went their several ways.
- Joint and several liability
Synonyms
more than a few, quite a few, quite a lot of, a number of, numerous, some, a bit, a few, a little, a lot, any, assorted, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, divers, diverse, each and every, few, handful, hardly any, in general, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, not many, not too many, only a few, part of, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, rare, respective, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, separate, single, slim pickings, small number, smatter, sparse, special, specific, sprinkling, sundry, various
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