See also: Severe and sévère

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Etymology edit

From Middle French, from Latin severus (severe, serious, grave in demeanor).

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severe (comparative severer or more severe, superlative severest or most severe)

  1. Very bad or intense.
    Antonyms: mild, en, minor
    • 2012 January, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 26 January 2012, page 70:
      Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
  2. Strict or harsh.
    Antonym: lenient
    a severe taskmaster
  3. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
    a severe old maiden aunt
    severe clothing

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  • IPA(key): [seˈvere]
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: se‧ve‧re

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severe

  1. severely

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Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /seˈvɛ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛre
  • Hyphenation: se‧vè‧re

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severe

  1. feminine plural of severo

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sevēre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sevērus

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sēvēre

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of serō

References edit

  • severe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • severe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • severe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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severe (Cyrillic spelling севере)

  1. vocative singular of sever