--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 30 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 30 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where people have come to live and built homes, such as a village or small town: an early farming settlement.[↗](../../settlement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An agreement that ends an argument or legal case.[↗](../../settlement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The two sides reached a settlement.[↗](../../settlement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Paying money that is owed: settlement of a bill.[↗](../../settlement/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The act of settling in a new land.[↗](../../settlement/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Slow sinking of a building or ground.[↗](../../settlement/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first settlement was built beside the river.[↗](../../settlement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A hamlet is the smallest kind of settlement.[↗](../../settlement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two companies reached a settlement.[↗](../../settlement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The settlement had 120 people; the next one had 3 times as many.[↗](../../settlement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists found an old Viking settlement.[↗](../../settlement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He paid $500 in settlement of the bill.[↗](../../settlement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Early settlements needed water and shelter.[↗](../../settlement/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hit got so dat fokes in de settlement didn't have no peace.[↗](../../settlement/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **settler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A settler is a person who moves to a new place, often far away, to live there for good and make a home.[↗](../../settler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In history, settlers were people who came from another country and took land to farm and build towns, often where other peoples already lived.[↗](../../settler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) Something that settles a matter, like a final point that ends an argument.[↗](../../settler/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first settlers built their houses out of logs.[↗](../../settler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-great-grandparents were settlers who came to Canada by ship.[↗](../../settler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The settlers cleared the forest to plant wheat.[↗](../../settler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many settlers did not survive their first winter.[↗](../../settler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The land the settlers farmed had belonged to Aboriginal people for thousands of years.[↗](../../settler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In our project we wrote a diary as if we were settlers in New Zealand.[↗](../../settler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The settlers traded tools for food with the local people.[↗](../../settler/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A new settler arrived in the village every spring.[↗](../../settler/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There being abundance of unoccupied ground in the neighborhood, these strangers built huts for themselves, and were soon joined by a multitude of new settlers, who quickly formed a city.[↗](../../settler/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.[↗](../../settler/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../settler/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · As a hired servant, and as a settler, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee.[↗](../../settler/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../settler/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee.[↗](../../settler/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../settler/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said unto Ahab: 'As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.'[↗](../../settler/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.17.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../settler/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **setup** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A setup is the way things are arranged or organised: a gaming setup, the classroom setup.[↗](../../setup/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Setup is the process of getting something ready to use, like a new computer or phone.[↗](../../setup/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A setup is a trick planned to make someone look guilty or foolish: «It was a setup!».[↗](../../setup/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In a story or joke, the setup is the first part that prepares for what comes next.[↗](../../setup/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad has a cool gaming setup in the spare room.[↗](../../setup/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The setup of the new laptop took ages.[↗](../../setup/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We need to set up the tables before the party.[↗](../../setup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective realised the whole thing was a setup.[↗](../../setup/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The joke's setup was long but the punchline was great.[↗](../../setup/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I like the new classroom setup with groups of tables.[↗](../../setup/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Follow the setup steps on the screen.[↗](../../setup/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seven** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight.[↗](../../seven/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A week is 7 days.[↗](../../seven/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Seven o'clock is a time on the clock.[↗](../../seven/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are seven days in a week.[↗](../../seven/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has seven apples.[↗](../../seven/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seven children share 21 sweets, so each gets 3.[↗](../../seven/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seven times eight is 56.[↗](../../seven/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainbow has seven colours.[↗](../../seven/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are seven continents on Earth.[↗](../../seven/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · School starts at seven forty-five.[↗](../../seven/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow White lived with the seven dwarfs.[↗](../../seven/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But Legless threw it seven miles.[↗](../../seven/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.[↗](../../seven/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seven/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears.[↗](../../seven/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seven/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seven/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he judged Israel seven years.[↗](../../seven/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.12.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seven/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So was he seven years in building it.[↗](../../seven/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seven/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.[↗](../../seven/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seven/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **sevenfold** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seven times as big or as many.[↗](../../sevenfold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having seven parts.[↗](../../sevenfold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible) Seven times over, a lot: «avenged sevenfold».[↗](../../sevenfold/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The number of visitors grew sevenfold.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A sevenfold increase from 2 is 14.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sevenfold path had seven steps.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Cain was promised protection sevenfold.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices rose sevenfold in the story.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Their crop grew sevenfold after the rain.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But as she mounted the clamour increased sevenfold: high above them all rang the voices of her three brothers.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sevenfold/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto him: 'Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.'[↗](../../sevenfold/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sevenfold/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.79.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sevenfold/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.[↗](../../sevenfold/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sevenfold/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **seventeen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen.[↗](../../seventeen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seventeen is ten and seven.[↗](../../seventeen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seventeen birds sat on the wire.[↗](../../seventeen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He is seventeen years old.[↗](../../seventeen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has seventeen dollars.[↗](../../seventeen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much are seventeen and five?[↗](../../seventeen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seventeen is a prime number.[↗](../../seventeen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister is seventeen and learning to drive.[↗](../../seventeen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are seventeen pupils in our reading group.[↗](../../seventeen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She was now seventeen, and he nineteen years old.[↗](../../seventeen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.[↗](../../seventeen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Arabic alphabet consisted originally of the following seventeen letters:") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../seventeen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It was apparently originally invented to represent the Assyrian-Babylonian language, which consisted of seventeen or eighteen sounds.[↗](../../seventeen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../seventeen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.[↗](../../seventeen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.[↗](../../seventeen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.32.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.[↗](../../seventeen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.13.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **seventeenth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming next after the sixteenth in order; number 17 in a line or list: the seventeenth runner.[↗](../../seventeenth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (fraction) One of 17 equal parts of a whole: 1/17.[↗](../../seventeenth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She came seventeenth out of 30 runners.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We live on the seventeenth floor.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin had her seventeenth birthday party.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One seventeenth of 34 is 2.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write seventeenth as a number: 17th.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The seventeenth card in the pack was the queen.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Divide the cake into 17 parts; each is a seventeenth.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hurry up," said Edmund, as it fumbled clumsily with the seventeenth shoe.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeenth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeenth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seventeenth Path is the Disposing Intelligence, which provides Faith to the Righteous, and they are clothed with the Holy Spirit by it, and it is called the Foundation of Excellence in the state of higher thing.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../seventeenth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez; (Writings 1CH.24.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeenth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeenth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.[↗](../../seventeenth/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.16.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventeenth/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **seventh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth.[↗](../../seventh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A seventh is one of seven equal parts of a whole, written 1/7.[↗](../../seventh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is in the seventh grade.[↗](../../seventh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On the seventh day he rested.[↗](../../seventh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A seventh of 28 is 4.[↗](../../seventh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Two sevenths of the class are boys.[↗](../../seventh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our flat is on the seventh floor.[↗](../../seventh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He finished seventh out of twenty runners.[↗](../../seventh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When she got the puppy she was in seventh heaven.[↗](../../seventh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "I, too, will try a seventh time!" cried Bruce.[↗](../../seventh/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So the people rested on the seventh day.[↗](../../seventh/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventh/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim: (Torah NUM.7.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventh/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventh/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.[↗](../../seventh/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventh/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh; (Writings 1CH.12.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventh/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah; (Writings 1CH.24.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventh/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **seventieth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seventieth means number 70 in order, coming after the sixty-ninth: her seventieth birthday.[↗](../../seventieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A seventieth is one of 70 equal parts of something (1/70).[↗](../../seventieth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma is having a party for her seventieth birthday.[↗](../../seventieth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He finished in seventieth place out of a hundred runners.[↗](../../seventieth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school celebrated its seventieth anniversary.[↗](../../seventieth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One seventieth of 140 is 2.[↗](../../seventieth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the seventieth page of my book.[↗](../../seventieth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen's seventieth year on the throne was called the Platinum Jubilee.[↗](../../seventieth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hans thought he would count them for fun, and had already reached the five hundred and seventieth when his host returned and cried, laughing:[↗](../../seventieth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seventy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seventy is the number 70, which is seven tens.[↗](../../seventy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The seventies are the numbers from 70 to 79, or a person's age from 70 to 79.[↗](../../seventy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A ticket costs seventy cents.[↗](../../seventy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seventy people came to the show.[↗](../../seventy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is seventy years old.[↗](../../seventy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What is seventy minus twenty?[↗](../../seventy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seventy is seven tens.[↗](../../seventy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The speed limit here is seventy kilometers an hour.[↗](../../seventy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma is in her seventies.[↗](../../seventy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "We have only seventy-five pigs," said the Princess, "and with me that's seventy-six!"[↗](../../seventy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.[↗](../../seventy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.[↗](../../seventy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.[↗](../../seventy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.[↗](../../seventy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.[↗](../../seventy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.[↗](../../seventy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seventy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **sever** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cut right through something, separating it.[↗](../../sever/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To end a relationship or connection completely: «sever ties».[↗](../../sever/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rope was severed by a sharp rock.[↗](../../sever/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm severed the power line.[↗](../../sever/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two countries severed ties.[↗](../../sever/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch a severed cable.[↗](../../sever/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He severed his friendship with the bully.[↗](../../sever/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The axe severed the branch.[↗](../../sever/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Childe raised his shining sword, and severed the head of his faithful hound.[↗](../../sever/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as Elon-bezaanannim, which is by Kedesh.[↗](../../sever/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sever/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **several** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Several means more than two, but not very many: several friends.[↗](../../several/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a pronoun, several means a few of a group.[↗](../../several/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Several of the cakes were eaten.[↗](../../several/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When there are several equal groups, we multiply.[↗](../../several/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Several children share 12 cookies equally.[↗](../../several/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lily bought several packs of pens.[↗](../../several/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have read this book several times.[↗](../../several/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Several birds sat on the wire.[↗](../../several/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained for several days.[↗](../../several/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Several of my friends have pets.[↗](../../several/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited several minutes for the bus.[↗](../../several/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · After several days they reached an island.[↗](../../several/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../several/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and a several tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; (Torah NUM.29.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../several/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · a several tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../several/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **severance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Money paid to a worker when their job ends because the company no longer needs them; also called severance pay or redundancy pay.[↗](../../severance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Ending a connection or relationship: the severance of ties.[↗](../../severance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cutting something off.[↗](../../severance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When the factory closed, workers got severance pay.[↗](../../severance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her severance package was three months' pay.[↗](../../severance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Severance is 1 week's pay for every year worked, so 6 years gives 6 weeks.[↗](../../severance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The severance of the two countries' ties surprised many.[↗](../../severance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad got a small severance when he was let go.[↗](../../severance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The severance of the rope sent the boat drifting.[↗](../../severance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/29/) **30** [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/31/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/29/) - next →: [page 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/31/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)