SOME
\sˈʌm], \sˈʌm], \s_ˈʌ_m]\
Definitions of SOME
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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(informal; slang) remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"
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unknown or unspecified; "some lunatic drove into my car"; "some man telephoned while you were out"; "some day my prince will come"; "some enchanted evening"
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relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
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relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
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unknown or unspecified; "some lunatic drove into my car"; "some man telephoned while you were out"; "some day my prince will come"; "some enchanted evening"
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relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
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relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
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remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"
By Princeton University
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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.
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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.
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Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.
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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.
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Considerable in number or quality.
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Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.
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A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
By Oddity Software
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A certain; as, some one whom I know; denoting a thing or person not definitely specified; as, some day I will come; more or less; as, she took some trouble: opposite to other; as, some people came, other people went.
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One part, number, or amount, usually indefinite, in distinction from the rest; as, I will take some, but not all; any unspecified amount; as, give me some of your candy: opposite to others; as, some came, others went.
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About; as, a distance of some four miles.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Denoting an indefinite number or quantity: certain, in distinction from others: moderate or in a certain degree: about.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A portion.
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Not definitely known.
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Part, but not all.
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Certain individuals not designated.
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In an approximate degree; about.
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Forming adjectives denoting a considerable degree of the quality expressed; as, darksome, quarrelsome.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Expressing an indeterminate number or quantity, more or less; denoting one person or thing; about, as some two dozen; a portion greater or less; certain; moderate; used improperly for somewhat, as he is some better.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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