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some (sum)

adjective

  1. being a certain one or ones not specified or known open some evenings
  2. being of a certain unspecified (but often considerable) number, quantity, degree, etc. to have some fear, married for some years
  3. about some ten of them
  4. ☆ Informal remarkable, striking, etc. it was some fight

Etymology: ME som < OE sum, a certain one, akin to Goth sums < IE *som- > same

  1. certain ones not specified or known some agree
  2. a certain indefinite or unspecified number, quantity, etc. as distinguished from the rest take some

adverb

  1. approximately; about some ten men
  2. Informal to some extent; somewhat slept some
  3. ☆ 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

some Synonyms

some

modif.

  1. Few

    a few, a little, a bit, part of, more than a few, more than a little, any.

  2. *Extraordinary

    fascinating, amazing, remarkable; see unusual 1.

some Synonyms

some

pron.

any, a few, a number, an amount, a part, a portion, more or less.