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some but not many (three or more); separate; individual

assorted, various

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Cases of word usage

1) a set of rooms as a place to live, especially one of several in one tall building (apartment)

2) (any of several plants with) a seed in a long container (pod) (all used as vegetables) (bean)

3) (usually passive) to attack, cause trouble for, (a person, business etc) in several ways (beset)

4) a support for several lights hanging from a ceiling (chandelier)

5) one of several separate divisions of a structure e.g. of a railway carriage or coach (compartment)

6) one of several divisions of a government, business, shop, university etc (department)

7) a room for sleeping with several beds, e.g. in a school or institution (dormitory)

8) (an act of) forming a political union of several states for control of foreign affairs, defence etc by the central (Federal) government but keeping regional (State) government for other things such as education (federation)

9) something valuable handed down in a family for several generations (heirloom)

10) inborn; bred for several generations from ancestors closely related (inbred)

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