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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

pronoun

  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

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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

pron.

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


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some quotes

Some people find oil, some don't.

-Getty,Jean Paul

It is better that some should be unhappy than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

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