some

English Online Dictionary. What means some‎? What does some mean?

English

Alternative forms

• som (obsolete)
• som' (dialect)
• sum (AAVE)

Etymology

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sʌm/, [sɐm]
  • (Northern England) IPA^(key): /sʊm/
• (US)
  • (General American) enPR: sŭm, IPA^(key): /sʌm/, [sɐm]
  • IPA^(key): /səm/ (unstressed)
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /sɐm/, [säm]
• Homophone: sum
• Rhymes: -ʌm

Pronoun

some

1. A certain number, at least two.
2. An indefinite quantity.

3. An indefinite amount, a part.

Synonyms

• (an indefinite quantity): a few

Antonyms

• many
• much
• none

Translations

Determiner

some

1. (stressed form) A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.

   Antonyms: zero, no; a lot of, many, numerous; countless

   Hypernyms: multiple, various

   Hyponyms: a few, a couple of, a handful of

   Coordinate term: one

   Near-synonym: any
2. A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).

   Antonyms: zero, no; a lot of, many, numerous; countless

   Hypernyms: multiple, various

   Hyponyms: a few, a couple of, a handful of

   Coordinate term: one

   Near-synonym: any
3. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

   Antonyms: zero, no

   Hyponyms: a little, a lot of, much

   Near-synonym: any
4. (stressed form) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
5. (stressed form) A considerable quantity or number of.
6. (stressed form) Approximately, about (with a number).
7. (stressed form) Emphasizing a number.

9. (informal, stressed form) A remarkable.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• many
• much
• no

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

some (not comparable)

1. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:approximately

2. (dialect) To a certain extent, or for a certain period.

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:quantifier

Further reading

• “some”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “some”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “some”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “some”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Meos, 'omes, OMEs, OEMs, meso-, Eoms, emos

Finnish

Etymology

Contraction of sosiaalinen media (“social media”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsome/, [ˈs̠o̞me̞]
• Rhymes: -ome
• Hyphenation^(key): so‧me

Noun

some (informal or in compounds)

1. social media

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “some”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• meso

Galician

Verb

some

1. third-person singular present indicative of sumir
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sumir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

some f

1. plural of soma

Anagrams

• Mosè, meso, meso-

Japanese

Romanization

some

1. Rōmaji transcription of そめ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: so‧me

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

some

1. inflection of somar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

some

1. inflection of sumir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

some (Cyrillic spelling соме)

1. vocative singular of som