several

sev-er-al · determiner

imported

Definitions

determiner

  1. 1.

    (determiner) More than two but not very many.

  2. 2.

    (pronoun) More than two but not many people or things.

  3. 3.

    (adjective, formal) Separate or respective; individual and distinct.

Related words

Antonyms: none, one, single
See also: few, many, some
Synonyms: a few, a number of, some, various

Etymology

From Anglo-French several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis ("separate"), from Latin sēpar ("separate, different"), from sē- ("apart") + parāre ("to prepare, make ready"). The original meaning of "separate, distinct" evolved to mean "more than two but not many."