Adjective: some súm or sum- Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
"have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper" - Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
"we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away" - Relatively many but unspecified in number
"they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years" - Remarkable
"that was some party"; "she is some skier" Adverb: some súm or sum- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
"some forty people came"; - approximately, about, close to, just about, roughly, more or less, around, or so, loosely
Sounds like: soles, so See also: any, both, extraordinary, few, many, much, several, whatever, whatsoever Antonym: all, no Encyclopedia: Some |