I feel like several and some means MORE weeks than “few.” In my opinion, “I’ve been in Japan for several/some weeks now.” Makes me think of maybe a month or two! “I’ve been in Japan for a few weeks” makes me think of 2-3 weeks! See a translation.

How many is several?

Two is a “couple” and more than two or three is several. If you eat four donuts you can say you had several but you may have had too many — especially if you get a stomach-ache. Several is a word that shows size or number when you can’t be specific or when you want to summarize.

How many weeks does several mean?

By definition, several means three or more (but often less than many, which we will cover next.) So, if several party-goers out of a group of nine were intoxicated, several could correctly be translated as three or four.

Several meaning a week a few meaning 2-3 days.

What is the difference between a few and several?

Few means “not many but some,” as in “The train leaves in a few minutes,” and several denotes more than the words couple and few do but implies lesser than the word many does.

Several means that there are more than two or three but still not many.

It must be followed by a plural noun.
I have several assignments due this week.There are several types of ice cream to choose from.My boyfriend gave me several gifts for Christmas.There are several things I’d like to discuss in our meeting.

What is the sentence of several?

Several sentence example. She spelled “water” several times. Why, you go giddy even on a staircase, exclaimed several voices. After World War I, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, several new countries emerged.

What is the synonym of several?

In this page you can discover 69 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for several, like: some, many, numerous, various, a-few, sundry, joint, handful, a lot of, countless and null.

More? A couple: Everyone seems to agree that “a couple” means two.

How long is a couple of weeks?

The court had to determine the definition of “a couple of weeks.” NFC argued that “a couple” is two and each week has seven days, so “a couple of weeks” means exactly 14 days.

How long is a couple days?

A couple of days is usually 2 days. A few days could be 2 or more days, usually 3 or 4.

How many is several Oxford dictionary?

More than two but not many.

Hi Steve, 2+ means “two or more”, so two counts, as does more.

How long is a few months?

Usually, a couple of months are 2 months and a few months are 3 months.

What is the use of several?

Several is used to refer to an imprecise number of people or things that is not large but is greater than two. I had lived two doors away from this family for several years. Several blue plastic boxes under the window were filled with record albums. Several hundred students gathered on campus.

Is several more than multiple?

“Several” and “multiple” both mean two or more. Either is acceptable here, and in context I think they would mean the same thing. Maybe, possibly, “several” would tend to make people think of a small number, 2 or 3 or 4; while “multiple” could imply a larger number.

“Several” is used to mean more than “some” but less than “many.” Again, there is no exact number. “She has many toe socks” means that she has a number of toe socks, perhaps more than the number of regular socks.