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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
1/ 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
-some
2suffix forming adjectives
- characterized by; tending to
tiresome
awesome
-some
3suffix forming nouns
- indicating a group of a specified number of members
threesome
-some
4/ -²õəʊ³¾ /
combining form
- a body
chromosome
Confusables Note
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of -some4
51³Ô¹Ï 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
Nandi said: "When I watched the documentary back, I was like yeah 'I have had some pretty incredible experiences'."
Director Rebecca Yorke added: "We're also delighted that some filming has taken place at nearby locations and hope that this will attract new visitors to the area and to the Brontë Parsonage Museum."
The second fire on Saturday prevented some drivers from finishing their soft tyre qualifying simulation runs.
The Nike Air Jordan 1 is, in some ways, the iconic US shoe.
Goods from Vietnam, Indonesia and China face some of the heaviest US import taxes - between 32% to 54%.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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