some

[ suhm; unstressed suh m ]
/ sʌm; unstressed səm /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR some ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

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

Origin of some

before 900; Middle English (adj. and pronoun); Old English sum orig., someone; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle High German sum, Old Norse sumr, Gothic sums

usage note for some

As pronouns, both some and any may be used in affirmative or negative questions: Will you ( won't you ) have some? Do you ( don't you ) have any? But some is used in affirmative statements and answers: You may have some. Yes, I'd like some. And in negative statements and answers, any is the usual choice: I don't care for any. No, I can't take any.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH some

some sum (see usage note at the current entry)

Words nearby some

somatotype, somber, sombre, sombrero, sombrous, some, somebody, somebody up there loves me, someday, somedeal, somehow

Definition for some (2 of 4)

-some 1

a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives: quarrelsome; burdensome.

Origin of -some

1
Middle English; Old English -sum; akin to Gothic -sama, German -sam; see same

Definition for some (3 of 4)

-some 2

a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome.

Origin of -some

2
Middle English -sum, Old English sum; special use of some (pronoun)

Definition for some (4 of 4)

-some 3

a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words: chromosome.
Also -soma.

Origin of -some

3
< Greek sôma body; see soma1

Words related to some

any, approximately, amazing, bizarre, fascinating, remarkable, special, unusual, few, several

British Dictionary definitions for some (1 of 4)

some
/ (sʌm, unstressed səm) /

determiner

adverb

US not standard to a certain degree or extent I guess I like him some

Word Origin for some

Old English sum; related to Old Norse sumr, Gothic sums, Old High German sum some, Sanskrit samá any, Greek hamē somehow

British Dictionary definitions for some (2 of 4)

-some 1

suffix forming adjectives

characterized by; tending to awesome; tiresome

Word Origin for -some

Old English -sum; related to Gothic -sama, German -sam

British Dictionary definitions for some (3 of 4)

-some 2

suffix forming nouns

indicating a group of a specified number of members threesome

Word Origin for -some

Old English sum, special use of some (determiner)

British Dictionary definitions for some (4 of 4)

-some 3
/ (-səʊm) /

n combining form

a body chromosome

Word Origin for -some

from Greek sōma body

Medical definitions for some

-some

suff.

Body:centrosome.
Chromosome:autosome.

Idioms and Phrases with some

some

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.