Definition of SOME

some

Adjective

  • An unspecified quantity, amount, or number of something.
  • quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
    • "have some milk"
    • "some roses were still blooming"
    • "having some friends over"
    • "some apples"
    • "some paper"

Adjective Satellite

  • relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
    • "we talked for some time"
    • "he was still some distance away"
  • relatively many but unspecified in number
    • "they were here for some weeks"
    • "we did not meet again for some years"
  • remarkable
    • "that was some party"
    • "she is some skier"

Adverb

  • (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
    • "some forty people came"

Pron

  • A certain number, at least two.
  • An indefinite quantity.
  • An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.
  • someone, a certain person.

Det

  • A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.
  • A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).
  • An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
  • A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
  • A considerable quantity or number of.
  • Approximately, about (with a number).
  • Emphasizing a number.
  • A remarkable.

Adv

  • Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.
  • To a certain extent, or for a certain period.

Examples

  • After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
  • Can I have some of them?
  • Everyone is wrong some of the time.
  • He had edited the paper for some years.
  • He hoped for some high-value tiles to turn the tide of the Scrabble game.
  • He is some acrobat!
  • He stopped working some time ago.
  • I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
  • I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
  • Please give me some of the cake.
  • She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!
  • She has worked at the company for some thirty years now. (31 and two months, to be exact.)
  • Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
  • Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
  • Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
  • Some people like camping.
  • That was some speech you gave!
  • The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
  • There were only some three or four cars in the lot at the time.
  • Would you like some grapes?
  • Would you like some water?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”).
Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.

Synonyms

about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, -ish, -some, a few, all but, almost, approaching, by and large, circa, close, essentially, for all practical purposes, fornigh, give or take, imprecisely, kind of, loosely, near, nearabout, nearly, nigh on, odd, plus or minus, roundly, say, some, sort of, thereabout, virtually, well-nigh, ±

Antonyms

all, no, ;, a lot of#Determiner, countless#Determiner, many, many#Determiner, much, no#Determiner, none, numerous#Determiner, zero#Determiner

Scrabble Score: 6

some: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
some: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
some: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

some: valid Words With Friends Word