SEVERITY
\səvˈɛɹɪti], \səvˈɛɹɪti], \s_ə_v_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of SEVERITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
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used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
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excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
By Princeton University
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something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
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used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
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excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
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Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
By Oddity Software
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Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
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Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
By Noah Webster.
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The quality of being stern or strict; harshness; rigor; gravity; sharpness; strictness; lack of ornament, as in dress.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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