Some
21some — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pronoun, from Old English sum; akin to Old High German sum some, Greek hamē somehow, homos same more at same Date: before 12th century 1. being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit… …
22some */*/*/ — weak [səm] , strong [sʌm] grammar word summary: Some can be: ■ a determiner: I brought her some flowers. ♦ She married some guy she met on the boat. ■ a pronoun: The cake s wonderful. Won t you have some? ♦ Some of the apples were rotten. ■ an… …
23some — /sum/; unstressed /seuhm/, adj. 1. being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. 2. (used with plural nouns) certain: Some days I stay home. 3. of a certain unspecified number, amount, degree, etc.: to some extent. 4.… …
24some — 1 /sFm/; strong /sVm/ determiner 1 a number of people or things or an amount of something, when the exact number or amount is not stated: I need some apples for this recipe. | My mother has inherited some land in western Australia. | They re… …
25some — adj., pron., & adv. adj. 1 an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 that is unknown or unnamed (will return some day; some fool has locked the door; to some extent). 3 denoting an approximate number (waited… …
26-some — 1 suffix (in adjectives) 1 causing or producing something: a troublesome boy (=who causes trouble) 2 liking to do something: a quarrelsome woman (=who likes to quarrel) | frolicsome 3 describes someone or something that can be treated in a… …
27some — /sʌm / (say sum), weak form /səm / (say suhm) adjective 1. being an undetermined or unspecified one: some poor fellow. 2. certain (with plural nouns): some friends of mine. 3. of a certain unspecified number, amount, degree, etc.: some variation …
28some — pronoun, determiner 1) some to + inf. (we have some to sell; we have some books to sell) 2) some of (some of them) USAGE NOTE: The use of the preposition of is necessary when a pronoun follows. When a noun follows, the use of of the limits the… …
29some — [[t]sʌm[/t]] unstressed [[t]səm[/t]] adj. 1) being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object[/ex] 2) certain (used with plural nouns): Some days I stay home[/ex] 3) unspecified in number, amount, degree, etc.: to some extent[/ex] …
30some — Many journalists of a certain age appear to have had it drilled into them that some in the sense of an unknown or unquantifiable number is a casualism to be avoided at all costs, as in There were some forty passengers on the ship. The belief… …
