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-some
1- a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives:
quarrelsome; burdensome.
-some
2- a collective suffix used with numerals:
twosome; threesome.
-some
3- a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words:
chromosome.
some
4[ suhm; unstressed suhm ]
adjective
- being an undetermined or unspecified one:
Some person may object.
- (used with plural nouns) certain:
Some days I stay home.
- of a certain unspecified number, amount, degree, etc.:
to some extent.
- unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.:
We talked for some time. He was here some weeks.
- Informal. of impressive or remarkable quality, consequence, extent, etc.:
That was some storm.
pronoun
- certain persons, individuals, instances, etc., not specified:
Some think he is dead.
- an unspecified number, amount, etc., as distinguished from the rest or in addition:
He paid a thousand dollars and then some.
adverb
- (used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
Some 300 were present.
- Informal. to some degree or extent; somewhat:
I like baseball some. She is feeling some better today.
- Informal. to a great degree or extent; considerably:
That's going some.
-some
1suffix forming nouns
- indicating a group of a specified number of members
threesome
-some
2/ -səʊm /
combining form
- a body
chromosome
-some
3suffix forming adjectives
- characterized by; tending to
tiresome
awesome
some
4/ səm; sʌm /
determiner
- (a) certain unknown or unspecified
some people never learn
some lunatic drove into my car
- ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural )
some can teach and others can't
- an unknown or unspecified quantity or amount of
he owns some horses
there's some rice on the table
- ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural )
we'll buy some
- a considerable number or amount of
he lived some years afterwards
- a little
show him some respect
- informal.usually stressed an impressive or remarkable
that was some game!
- a certain amount (more) (in the phrases some more and (informal) and then some )
- about; approximately
he owes me some thirty pounds
adverb
- not_standard.to a certain degree or extent
I guess I like him some
Confusables Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of -some4
Word History and Origins
Origin of -some1
Origin of -some2
Origin of -some3
Origin of -some4
Idioms and Phrases
see and then some ; catch some rays ; catch some z's ; dig up (some dirt) ; in a (some) sense ; in some measure ; one of these days (some day) ; take some doing ; to some degree ; win some, lose some .Example Sentences
At 17, she attended the Durango Songwriters Expo, a summit where 30 music industry professionals mentor 200 some-odd attendees.
Sixty-some years later, people are still plunking themselves down in the ever-popular Eames chairs.
My neurotic Jewish mother calls me every year in August to remind me that I need to get a flu shot before they some-how run out.
Thirty-some years later, the takeover is still a trauma of very high and personal order.
Could that blame-some-other-guy strategy succeed at a time of genuine economic distress?
He was like a fly condemned to spend his life in the irk-some society of the spider.
He also thanked him for his good service, and told him to choose some-one of his possessions, for he would get whatever he wanted.
We had in our box the hand-some ambassador and late tutor of the Mahararana of Oodeypore.
They were twenty small red demons rather like Billy, and the same number of tiny skeletons, all with waggle-some hands and feet.
Wed all be subjected to a force of twenty-some gravities for a period of several seconds.
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