some
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some (sum)
adjective
- being a certain one or ones not specified or known open some evenings
- being of a certain unspecified (but often considerable) number, quantity, degree, etc. to have some fear, married for some years
- about some ten of them
- ☆ Informal remarkable, striking, etc. it was some fight
Etymology: ME som < OE sum, a certain one, akin to Goth sums < IE *som- > same
pronoun
- certain ones not specified or known some agree
- a certain indefinite or unspecified number, quantity, etc. as distinguished from the rest take some
adverb
- approximately; about some ten men
- Informal to some extent; somewhat slept some
- ☆ Informal to a great extent or at a great rate must run some to catch up
some Idioms
and then some
☆Informal and more than that
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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