how to pronounce sever

/ˈsɛv.əɹ/

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sever is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sever in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… it took two blows to sever rally's head …”

meaning of sever

Sever means to cut or separate something.

sever frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sever occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sever can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sever can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;