some
[ suhm; unstressed suh m ]
/ sʌm; unstressed səm /
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
1Definition for some (3 of 4)
-some
2
a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome.
Origin of -some
2Definition 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
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.