Definition of some Some
/sʌˈm/ - [sum] - some
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Adjectivesome, more, most |
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| some - quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper" | ||
| no quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" | ||
| all completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention" | ||
| few a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle" | ||
| many a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people" | ||
| any, whatever, whatsoever one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left" | ||
| both (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two; "both girls are pretty" | ||
| some - remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier" | ||
| extraordinary (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; "an ambassador extraordinary" | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
| some - relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years" | ||
| some - relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- some (Adverb)
Of a measurement; approximately, roughly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- some (a.)
Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some. - some (a.)
A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. - some (a.)
Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just. - some (a.)
About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence. - some (a.)
Considerable in number or quality. - some (a.)
Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another. - some (a.)
A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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An unspecified quantity of. -
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An unspecified quantity or number of. -
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An unspecified number of. (The masculine plural indefinite article) - Phrase: some men. - NOTE: In Englih, "some" in this sense is an indefinite pronoun. -
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The feminine plural of the indefinite article. -
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[The plural indefinite article.] -
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The plural partitive article. -
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[The plural indefinite article, with an adjective that precedes a noun.] -
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[The plural partitive article, with an adjective that precedes a noun.] -
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An unknown quantity of an uncountable substance.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sum, adj. denoting an indefinite number or quantity: certain, in distinction from others: moderate or in a certain degree: about.—adv. (prov.) somewhat, in some degree.—n. Some′body, some or any body or person: a person of importance.—advs. Some′deal, Some′dele (Spens.), in some degree, somewhat; Some′gate (Scot.), somewhere, somehow; Some′how, in some way or other.—adj. Some′-such, somewhat of that kind.—n. Some′thing, an indefinite thing or event: a portion, an indefinite quantity.—adv. in some degree.—advs. Some′time, at a time not fixed: once: at one time or other; Some′times, at certain times: now and then: at one time: (B.) once, formerly.—n. Some′what, an unfixed quantity or degree.—adv. in some degree.—advs. Some′when, some time or other; Some′where, in some place: in one place or another; Some′while, sometimes, at times; Some′whither, to some place. [A.S. sum; Goth. sums, Ice. sumr.]
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🔤- some, noun, singular of somes.
- some, adjective.
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