some
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English some, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), Low German sum (“some”), Dutch sommige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /sʌm/, [sɐm], X-SAMPA: /sVm/, [s6m]
- (US) IPA: /sʌm/, X-SAMPA: /sVm/
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Audio (US) (file) - (Australia) IPA: /sam/, [säm], X-SAMPA: /sam/, [sa_"m]
- Homophone: sum
- Rhymes: -ʌm
Pronoun [edit]
some
- A certain number, at least one.
- Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
- An indefinite quantity.
- Can I have some of them?
- An indefinite amount, a part.
- Please give me some of the cake.
- Everyone is wrong some of the time.
Synonyms [edit]
- (an indefinite quantity): a few
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
certain number
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indefinite quantity or number
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indefinite amount, part
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Determiner [edit]
some
- A certain proportion of, at least one.
- Some people like camping.
- An unspecified quantity or number of.
- Would you like some grapes?
- An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
- Would you like some water?
- A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
- I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
- The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
- A considerable quantity or number of.
- He had edited the paper for some years.
- (informal) a remarkable.
- He is some acrobat!
Synonyms [edit]
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Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from some
Translations [edit]
certain proportion of
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unspecified quantity or number of
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unspecified amount of
certain, unspecified or unknown
considerable quantity or number of
informal: remarkable
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Adverb [edit]
some (not comparable)
- Of a measurement; approximately, roughly
- I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
- Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
- Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
Translations [edit]
approximately, roughly
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Anagrams [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Short for sosiaalinen media (“social media”)
Noun [edit]
some
- (jargon) social media
Declension [edit]
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Declension of some (type nalle)
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Galician [edit]
Verb [edit]
some
- third-person singular present indicative of sumir
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
some f
- Plural form of soma
Anagrams [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
some (infinitive: somar)
- First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of somar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of somar.
- First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of somar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of somar.
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of somar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of somar.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
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- English pronouns
- English determiners
- English informal terms
- English adverbs
- 100 English basic words
- English indefinite pronouns
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- Galician verb forms
- Italian plurals
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verb imperative forms
- Portuguese verb first-person forms
- Portuguese verb singular forms
- Portuguese verb affirmative forms
- Portuguese verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb negative forms
- Portuguese verb subjunctive forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
