Dictionary entry

Several

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv(ə)r(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛv(ə)r(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(det, pron) တစ်ခုထက်ပိုသော သို့ပေမဲ့ အများကြီးမဟုတ်။ (adj) ကိုယ်စီကိုယ်ငှ။

Definition

several /'sevrǝl/ indef det, indef pron (က) ( det ) အခ်ဳိ႕။ Several letters arrived this morning. ❍ He's written several books about India. ❍ Several more people than usual came to the lunchtime concert. (ခ) ( pron ) အခ်ဳိ႕။ 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 ) တစ္ဦးခ်င္း။ ကိုယ္စီကိုယ္င။ Partners are jointly and severally liable for the partnership's debts.

Examples

  1. The strike lasted for several days.
  2. He had been warned several times about speeding.
  3. Tobin wrote several books
  4. including Decision of Destiny.
  5. The cough was one of her several nervous habits.
  6. There are only nine men in the programme
  7. but several have drug problems.
  8. [several of] : Several of the passengers were badly injured.
  9. [several hundred/thousand etc] : City officials have lost several hundred thousand dollars in bad investments.
  10. They departed and went their several ways.
  11. Joint and several liability