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Synonyms for some
sʌm; unstressed səmsome
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Wiktionary
somepronoun
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a fewsomepronoun
Of a measurement; approximately, roughly
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
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a fewsomepronoun
An unspecified quantity or number of.
Would you like some grapes?
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a fewsomepronoun
An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
Would you like some water?
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a fewsomepronoun
A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
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a fewsomepronoun
A considerable quantity or number of.
He had edited the paper for some years.
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a fewsomepronoun
a remarkable.
He is some acrobat!
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a few
Princeton's WordNet
some(a)adjective
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"
some(a)adjective
relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
"we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
some(a)adjective
relatively many but unspecified in number
"they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
someadverb
remarkable
"that was some party"; "she is some skier"
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some(a)approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
Synonyms:
well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, roughly, just about, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, near, approximately, around, close to, round
Dictionary of English Synonymes
someadjective
Synonyms:
more or less, a certain quantity of, a certain number ofsomeadjective
someadjective
someadjective
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several, a considerable numbersomeadjective
Synonyms:
some people, some personssomeadjective
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#36 | about | |
#92 | some | |
#127 | most | |
#143 | number | |
#426 | around | |
#575 | few | |
#738 | specific | |
#989 | near | |
#1100 | certain | |
#1214 | almost | |
#1309 | round | |
#1392 | selected | |
#2248 | approximately | |
#2512 | nearly | |
#2643 | slightly | |
#4432 | somewhat | |
#5548 | rough | |
#6082 | virtually | |
#8322 | roughly | |
#33696 | nigh |
How to use some in a sentence?
Chairman Boonsithi Chokwatana:
As the economy is not so good, we are more cautious about investment and selectively invested in some necessary areas.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson:
We're in the middle of a serious crime fight, and we're finally making real progress, so I don’t know how you can turn over crime strategy and every policing decision to some group of people who have absolutely no law enforcement experience.
It's what we call acquired narcissism. Some people, young kids, learn to be narcissistic.
If we save every one of these customers 2 seconds, that's 104 million seconds or 1,203 days, and that doesn't factor in time compounding — saving 2 seconds for the other people waiting in line before they get to pay. That's some serious productivity.
China has been a dog over the last two years relative to the rest of the world, so we're starting to see some reversion to the mean.
Translations for some
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- بعضArabic
- тро́хі, некато́ры, не́калькіBelarusian
- একটুBengali
- nějakýCzech
- peth, rhai, rhywWelsh
- irgendein, etwas, einige, manche, etliche, ein paar, welche, ungefähr, etwa, umGerman
- λίγο, μερικοί, περίπουGreek
- unos, alguno, algo, algunas, unas, algunosSpanish
- کمیPersian
- joskus, melkoinen, muutamia, joitakin, jotkut, eräs, vähän, muutamat, aikamoinen, jonkin verran, joku, jotakin, jotakuinkinFinnish
- certains, des, quelques, du, quelque, certain, la, de la, quelconque, environFrench
- daoine, roinnt, ábharIrish
- air choireiginScottish Gaelic
- algúnGalician
- कुछ, थोड़ा, कोई, के लगभगHindi
- որոշ, մի քիչ, մի, ոմանք, ինչ-որ, մի քանի, մի քանիսը, մոտArmenian
- alcun, qualqueInterlingua
- sum, sumar, sumirIcelandic
- כמהHebrew
- ある, いくつか, いくつかのJapanese
- អ្នកខ្លះ, ន្តិចបន្តួច, បន្តិចបន្តួចKhmer
- aliquiLatin
- ētahi, heMāori
- အချို့Burmese
- noenNorwegian
- wat, sommige, sommigenDutch
- sommeNorwegian Nynorsk
- noen, enkelte, visseNorwegian
- łaʼNavajo, Navaho
- kilka, niektórzy, trochę, niektóre, jakiśPolish
- algum, um pouco, que, um, alguns, mais ou menos, unsPortuguese
- nișteRomanian
- не́который, немно́го, како́й-то, не́сколькоRussian
- neki, neke, nekaSerbo-Croatian
- en del, lite, några, somliga, någon, något, vissaSwedish
- บางThai
- bazıTurkish
- кі́лька, тро́хи, де́якийUkrainian
- کوئی, کچھUrdu
- một sốVietnamese
- ene fameuse, kékès, sacwantès, on fameus, ene, puzieurs, sacwants, on, on pô do, puzieurès, do, on pô del, ene miete di, del, desWalloon
- 一些Chinese
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