some Definition
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
- 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
some Synonyms
some
modif.
Few
a few, a little, a bit, part of, more than a few, more than a little, any. *Extraordinary
fascinating, amazing, remarkable; see unusual 1.
some Synonyms
Browse dictionary entries near some
- ‹ sombrero
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- ‹ somatotype
- ‹ somatotropin
- ‹ somatostatin
- ‹ somatopleure
- ‹ somatoplasm
- ‹ somatomedin
- ‹ somatology
- ‹ somato-
- -some ›
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- somersault ›
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- Somerville ›
- Somerville, Edith ›

