severe
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French, from Latin severus (“severe, serious, grave in demeanor”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /sɪˈvɪə/
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- (US) IPA(key): /sɪˈvɪɹ/
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- (Canada) IPA(key): /sɪˈviːɹ/, /-vɪɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
severe (comparative severer or more severe, superlative severest or most severe)
- Very bad or intense.
- 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.
- Strict or harsh.
- Antonym: lenient
- a severe taskmaster
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- a severe old maiden aunt
- severe clothing
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very bad or intense
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strict or harsh
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austere
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Further reading edit
- “severe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “severe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “severe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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severe
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Italian edit
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severe
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- sevēre: (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈu̯eː.re/, [s̠eˈu̯eːrɛ]
- sevēre: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈve.re/, [seˈvɛːre]
- sēvēre: (Classical) IPA(key): /seːˈu̯eː.re/, [s̠eːˈu̯eːrɛ]
- sēvēre: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈve.re/, [seˈvɛːre]
Adjective edit
sevēre
Verb edit
sēvēre
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
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
severe (Cyrillic spelling севере)