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Some

sʌm

Some definitions

determiner

Inflections:

some

an unspecified amount or number of

"I made some money running errands"

Synonyms:
some a piece of a part of a bit of
used to refer to someone or something that is unknown or unspecified

"I was talking to some journalist the other day"
(used with a number) approximately

"some thirty different languages are spoken"

Synonyms:
roughly about around just about round about or so or thereabouts more or less in the neighbourhood of in the region of in the area of in the vicinity of of the order of something like or thereabouts give or take (a few) in round numbers rounded up/down
(pronounced stressing ‘some’) a considerable amount or number of

"he went to some trouble"

Synonyms:
a lot of a great/good deal of a great/large amount of plenty of ample copious abundant plentiful considerable substantial
(pronounced stressing ‘some’) at least a small amount or number of

"he liked some music but generally wasn't musical"
(pronounced stressing ‘some’) expressing admiration of something notable

"that was some goal"
- used ironically to express disapproval or disbelief
  
  "Mr Power gave his stock reply. Some help!"

pronoun

Inflections:

some

an unspecified number or amount of people or things

"here are some of our suggestions"
(pronounced stressing ‘some’) at least a small amount or number of people or things

"surely some have noticed"

Synonyms:
a small number a handful a sprinkling one or two a couple two or three

adverb

Inflections:

some