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| English Dictionary: some |
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| 4 results for some |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- some
- adv
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
Synonym(s): approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so
- adj
- 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"
Antonym(s): all(a), no(a)
- 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"
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
-some \-some\ (-s[omac]m).
A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the
body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
-some \-some\ (-s[ucr]m). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam,
Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See {Same}, a., and
cf. {Some}, a.]
An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or
same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or
quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in
mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of
gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Some \Some\ (s[ucr]m), a. [OE. som, sum, AS. sum; akin to OS.,
OFries., & OHG. sum, OD. som, D. sommig, Icel. sumr, Dan.
somme (pl.), Sw. somlige (pl.), Goth. sums, and E. same.
[root]191. See {Same}, a., and cf. {-some}.]
1. 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.
Some theoretical writers allege that there was a
time when there was no such thing as society.
--Blackstone.
2. 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.
[bd]Some brighter clime.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld.
Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent.
--Chaucer.
Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other
of their lives, are ambitious of representing their
county in Parliament. --Blackstone.
3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some
extent just.
4. 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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