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SOME Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com Jump to: some some adjective being an undetermined or unspecified one. -some -some a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives. Synonyms some 1 American [suhm, s uh m] / sʌm, səm / adjective being an undetermined or unspecified one. Some person may object. (used with plural nouns) certain. Some days I stay home. of a certain unspecified number, amount, degree, etc.. to some extent. unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.. We talked for some time. He was here some weeks. Informal. of impressive or remarkable quality, consequence, extent, etc.. That was some storm. pronoun certain persons, individuals, instances, etc., not specified. Some think he is dead. an unspecified number, amount, etc., as distinguished from the rest or in addition. He paid a thousand dollars and then some. adverb (used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about. Some 300 were present. Informal. to some degree or extent; somewhat . I like baseball some. She is feeling some better today. Informal. to a great degree or extent; considerably. That's going some. -some 2 American a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives. quarrelsome; burdensome. -some 3 American a collective suffix used with numerals. twosome; threesome. -some 4 American a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words. chromosome. some 1 British / səm, sʌm / determiner (a) certain unknown or unspecified some lunatic drove into my car some people never learn ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural ) some can teach and others can't an unknown or unspecified quantity or amount of there's some rice on the table he owns some horses ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural ) we'll buy some a considerable number or amount of he lived some years afterwards a little show him some respect informal (usually stressed) an impressive or remarkable that was some game! a certain amount (more) (in the phrases some more and (informal) and then some ) about; approximately he owes me some thirty pounds "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 adverb not_standard to a certain degree or extent I guess I like him some "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 -some 2 British suffix characterized by; tending to awesome tiresome "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 -some 3 British suffix indicating a group of a specified number of members threesome "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 -some 4 British / -səʊm / combining form a body chromosome "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 some Idioms see and then some ; catch some rays ; catch some z's ; dig up (some dirt); in a (some) sense; in some measure ; one of these days (some day); take some doing ; to some degree ; win some, lose some . Commonly Confused As pronouns, both some and any may be used in affirmative or negative questions: Will you ( won't you ) have some? Do you ( don't you ) have any? But some is used in affirmative statements and answers: You may have some. Yes, I'd like some. And in negative statements and answers, any is the usual choice: I don't care for any. No, I can't take any. Etymology Origin of some 1 First recorded before 900; Middle English (adjective and pronoun); Old English sum originally, “someone”; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle High German sum, Old Norse sumr, Gothic sums Origin of -some 2 Middle English; Old English -sum; akin to Gothic -sama, German -sam; see same Origin of -some 3 Middle English -sum, Old English sum; special use of some (pronoun) Origin of -some 4 < Greek sôma body; see soma 1 Explanation The word some keeps it vague. When you have some time to kill, you've got an unspecified amount of time — it could be five minutes or five hours. The word some sounds like sum which means "a total quantity or amount." However, some , unlike sum , refers to an unspecified amount. If you have some money in your pocket, who knows the sum of that amount? Some can also refer to an unknown person or thing. If a person you don't know shows up, you might refer to him as "some guy." 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