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some

pron
/sʌm/UK/sʊm//sʌm/US

Etymology

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, 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”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“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.

  1. derived from *sem-✻
  2. inherited from *sumaz✻
  3. inherited from *sum✻
  4. inherited from sum
  5. inherited from som

Definitions

  1. A certain number (multiple but not all).

    • Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.

  2. An indefinite quantity.

    • Can I have some of them?

  3. An indefinite amount

    An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.

    • Please give me some of the cake.
    • Everyone is wrong some of the time.
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. Someone, a certain person.

      • Euery counseller extolleth counsell; but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.

    2. A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things)

      A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.

      • Near-synonym: any
      • Some people like camping.
      • Many people, especially some evangelical Christians, have been less than optimistic about the Potter influence.

    3. A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).

      • Near-synonym: any
      • Would you like some grapes?

    4. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

      • Near-synonym: any
      • Would you like some water?
      • After some persuasion, he finally agreed.

    5. 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.

    6. A considerable quantity or number of.

      • He had edited the paper for some years.
      • He stopped working some time ago.
      • […] I took it, in the hope that it was not intended for early use, and would not be missed for some time.

    7. Approximately, about (with a number).

      • She has worked at the company for some thirty years now. (31 and two months, to be exact.)
      • There were only some three or four cars in the lot at the time.

    8. Emphasizing a number.

      • She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!

    9. A remarkable.

      • He is some acrobat!
      • That was some speech you gave!

    10. Of a measurement

      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.

    11. To a certain extent, or for a certain period.

      • They walked some and talked some.

    12. Somewhat, a little.

      • I felt some better and continued taking the preparation through all that day, still ad libitum, and by evening, twenty-four hours after I began its use, felt considerably improved.
      • Have felt some better to-day than yesterday but not quite normal. A little nervous all day. Slept better than previous night, but not so well as usual, for about 7 hrs.
      • "She's some better," the pilot said, "but it'll be a long convalescence. Pierre's taking real good care of her. Ongola's a rock, as always, and if Joel would only stop yapping about losing so much cargo..."

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for some. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA