sever
pronunciation
How to pronounce sever in British English:
UK [ˈsevə(r)]
How to pronounce sever in American English:
US [ˈsevər]
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- Verb:
- set or keep apart
- cut off from a whole
Word Origin
- sever (v.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French severer, Old French sevrer "to separate" (12c., later in French restricted to "to wean," i.e. "to separare from the mother"), from Vulgar Latin *seperare, from Latin separare "to separate" (see separate (v.)).
Example
- 1. But personalised filters sever the synapses in that brain .
- 2. Of course , it cannot entirely sever relations all that oil still matters .
- 3. Most spinal injuries in people do not sever the spinal cord completely , explains courtine .
- 4. The fight left mr. jobs more eager to sever ties .
- 5. The obvious answers are to sever the link to regulation and to increase competition .