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Definition of Some
1. Adverb. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct. "20 or so people were at the party"
2. Adjective. Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity. "Some paper"
3. Adjective. Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent. "He was still some distance away"
4. Adjective. Relatively many but unspecified in number. "We did not meet again for some years"
5. Adjective. Remarkable. "She is some skier"
Similar to: Extraordinary
Definition of Some
1. a. An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
2. 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.
Definition of Some
1. Pronoun. A certain number, at least one. ¹
2. Pronoun. An indefinite quantity. ¹
3. Pronoun. An indefinite amount, a part. ¹
4. Determiner. A certain proportion of, at least one. ¹
5. Determiner. An unspecified quantity or number of. ¹
6. Determiner. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable). ¹
7. Determiner. A certain, an unspecified or unknown. ¹
8. Determiner. A considerable quantity or number of. ¹
9. Determiner. (informal) a remarkable. ¹
10. Adverb. Of a measurement; approximately, roughly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Some
1. being an unspecified number or part [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Some
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