several meaning
EN
[ˈsɛv(ə)ɹəl] 
US - NounPLseverals
- (obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
- Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
- (archaic) An enclosed or separate place; enclosure.
- (obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
- Adverb
- Determiner
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Cystine crystals are formed when several conditions are met besides levels of hyperexcreted cystine.
- It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.
- This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Several kinds of laminoplasties have been reported for lesions of the thoracic and lumbar spine, including use of a titanium miniplate and translaminar screws [ 3 , 4 , 9 ].
- Several parameters were measured to study the development of fetuses at Day 105 of gestation: thoracic diameter, biparietal diameter, occipitonasal length and heart rate.
- Several mutagenesis studies also indicated that introduction of Arg residues into the Ser/Thr surface improved the alkalophilicity of xylanases [14 ,34 ].
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of several in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Determiners
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Pronouns
- Indefinite pronouns
- Indefinite pronouns
- Adverbs
- en severalty
- en severall
- en severals
- en severally
- en severalize
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "several" is an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a determiner. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a pronoun, more specifically, an indefinite pronoun.