severalty
severalty · severalties
The sole ownership of property by someoneThe sole ownership of property by someone.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The sole ownership of property by someone.
exclusive individual ownership
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being several or separate.
the state of being several and distinct
Origin
From Middle English severalte, from Middle French severalte. By surface analysis, severalFrom Middle English severalte, from Middle French severalte. By surface analysis, several + -ty.
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Forms
plural: severalties| Singular | severalty |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the state of being several and distinct:discretenessdistinctnessseparateness
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable