Found 3 items, similar to Some.
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Definition: some
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: some
some
adj 1: 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” [syn:
some(a)] [ant:
no(a),
all(a)]
2: 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” [syn:
some(a)]
3: relatively many but unspecified in number;
“they were here
for some weeks”;
“we did not meet again for some years”
[syn:
some(a)]
4: remarkable;
“that was some party”;
“she is some skier”
5: relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent;
“we
talked for some time”;
“he was still some distance away”
[syn:
some(a)]
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” [syn:
approximately,
about,
close to,
just about,
roughly,
more or less
,
around,
or so]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Some
Some
\Some\ (s[u^]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.
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Some theoretical writers allege that there was a
time when there was no such thing as society.
--Blackstone.
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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.
“Some
brighter clime.” --Mrs. Barbauld.
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Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent.
--Chaucer.
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Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other
of their lives, are ambitious of representing their
county in Parliament. --Blackstone.
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3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some
extent just.
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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. --Shak.
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The number slain on the rebel's part were some two
thousand. --Bacon.
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5. Considerable in number or quantity.
“Bore us some leagues
to sea.” --Shak.
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On its outer point, some miles away.
The lighthouse lifts its massive masonry.
--Longfellow.
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6. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction
from
other or
others; as, some men believe one thing,
and others another.
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Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell
into good ground. --Matt. xiii.
7, 8.
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7. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed
sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
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Your edicts some reclaim from sins,
But most your life and blest example wins. --Dryden.
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All and some, one and all. See under
All, adv. [Obs.]
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Note: The illiterate in the United States and Scotland often
use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an
equivalent expression; as, I am some tired; he is some
better; it rains some, etc.
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Some . . . some, one part . . . another part; these . . .
those; -- used distributively.
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Some to the shores do fly,
Some to the woods, or whither fear advised.
--Daniel.
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Note: Formerly used also of single persons or things: this
one . . . that one; one . . . another.
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Some in his bed, some in the deep sea. --Chaucer.
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