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some

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English

Most common English words: could « our « than « #65: some » other » very » upon

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with Old Frisian sum (West Frisian sommige, somlike, “some”), Old Saxon sum (Dutch sommige, “some”), Middle High German sum (German dialectal summige, “some”), Danish somme (“some”), Gothic (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

some

  1. A certain number, at least one.
    Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
  2. An indefinite quantity.
    Can I have some of them?
  3. An indefinite amount, a part.
    Please give me some of the cake.
    Everyone is wrong some of the time.

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Determiner

some

  1. A certain proportion of, at least one.
    Some people like camping.
  2. An unspecified quantity or number of.
    Would you like some grapes?
  3. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
    Would you like some water?
  4. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
    I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
    The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
  5. A considerable quantity or number of.
    He had edited the paper for some years.
  6. (informal) a remarkable.
    He is some acrobat!

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Derived terms

terms derived from some

Translations

certain proportion of
  • Thai: บาง th(th) (baang)
unspecified quantity or number of
unspecified amount of
  • Dutch: wat nl(nl)
considerable quantity or number of
certain, unspecified or unknown
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Adverb

some (not comparable)

  1. Of a measurement; approximately, roughly
    I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.

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Galician

Verb

some

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sumir.

Italian

Noun

some f.

  1. Plural form of soma.

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