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Meaning of 'some' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- 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.
- Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.
- 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.
- Considerable in number or quality.
- Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.
- A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.

Meaning of 'some' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . some [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
Example in sentence:
  • have some milk;
  • having some friends over;
  • some apples;
  • some paper;
  • some roses were still blooming
2 . some [ r]
Meaning (2):
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
Example in sentence:
  • 20 or so people were at the party;
  • he's about 30 years old;
  • holds 3 gallons, more or less;
  • I've had about all I can stand;
  • in just about a minute;
  • lasted approximately an hour;
  • roughly $3,000;
  • some forty people came;
  • we meet about once a month;
  • weighs around a hundred pounds
3 . some [ s]
Meaning (3):
- relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
Example in sentence:
  • he was still some distance away;
  • we talked for some time
Meaning (4):
- remarkable
Example in sentence:
  • she is some skier;
  • that was some party
Meaning (5):
- relatively many but unspecified in number
Example in sentence:
  • they were here for some weeks;
  • we did not meet again for some years

Nearby Words:

soma somaj somal somali somatic somatical somatics somatist somatocyst somatology

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