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some

/sʌm/

somedeterminer

/sʌm/

(quantifier – with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns – positive / neutral)

Definitions

Used to refer to an unspecified amount or number of people, things, or substance.

Some people were too tired to continue.

Informal: remarkable; of considerable quality or extent.

That was some storm last night!

Used before a noun, especially at the beginning of a sentence to show anger or disapproval, often by repeating a word that was not accurately used. (informal UK)

Some help you were! You sat on your backside most of the afternoon!

Synonyms

few

a few

a little

several

a number of

a couple of

various

Antonyms

none

not any

somepronoun

/sʌm/

(quantifier – without nouns – positive / neutral)

Definitions

An amount or number of something that is not stated or not known; a part of something.

If you need more paper then just take some.

Some people.

Some have compared his work to Picasso's.

Synonyms

a portion

a part

several

a little

a few

Antonyms

nothing

not any

none

someadverb

/sʌm/

Definitions

Used before a number to mean approximately; about.

Some 50 tons of rock are taken from the quarry every day.

By a small amount or degree; a little.

We could turn down the heat some if that would make you more comfortable.

Synonyms

a little

to some extent

to some degree

kind of

sort of

a bit

tolerably