ALL meanings of some
some
S s - adjective some a few 1
- adjective some a few people 1
- adjective some a bit, a bit of 1
- pronoun some certain persons, events 1
- adjective some emphasis: irony 1
- adjective some emphasis: remarkable 1
- adverb some for a while 1
- adverb some to some degree 1
- adjective some being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. 1
- adjective some (used with plural nouns) certain: Some days I stay home. 1
- adjective some of a certain unspecified number, amount, degree, etc.: to some extent. 1
- adjective some unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.: We talked for some time. He was here some weeks. 1
- adjective some Informal. of impressive or remarkable quality, consequence, extent, etc.: That was some storm. 1
- adverb some (used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about: Some 300 were present. 1
- adverb some Informal. to some degree or extent; somewhat: I like baseball some. She is feeling some better today. 1
- adverb some Informal. to a great degree or extent; considerably: That's going some. 1
- determiner some You use some to refer to a quantity of something or to a number of people or things, when you are not stating the quantity or number precisely. 0
- determiner some Some is also a pronoun. 0
- determiner some You use some to emphasize that a quantity or number is fairly large. For example, if an activity takes some time, it takes quite a lot of time. 0
- determiner some You use some to emphasize that a quantity or number is fairly small. For example, if something happens to some extent, it happens a little. 0
- quantifier some If you refer to some of the people or things in a group, you mean a few of them but not all of them. If you refer to some of a particular thing, you mean a part of it but not all of it. 0
- determiner some If you refer to some person or thing, you are referring to that person or thing but in a vague way, without stating precisely which person or thing you mean. 0
- adverb some You can use some in front of a number to indicate that it is approximate. 0
- adverb some Some is used to mean to a small extent or degree. 0
- determiner some You can use some in front of a noun in order to express your approval or disapproval of the person or thing you are mentioning. 0
- determiner some (a) certain unknown or unspecified 0
- determiner some (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) 0
- determiner some an unknown or unspecified quantity or amount of 0
- determiner some a considerable number or amount of 0
- determiner some a little 0
- determiner some an impressive or remarkable 0
- determiner some a certain amount (more) (in the phrases some more and (informal) and then some) 0
- determiner some about; approximately 0
- adverb some to a certain degree or extent 0
- adjective some being a certain one or ones not specified or known 0
- adjective some being of a certain unspecified (but often considerable) number, quantity, degree, etc. 0
- adjective some about 0
- adjective some remarkable, striking, etc. 0
- pronoun some certain ones not specified or known 0
- pronoun some a certain indefinite or unspecified number, quantity, etc. as distinguished from the rest 0
- adverb some approximately; about 0
- adverb some to some extent; somewhat 0
- adverb some to a great extent or at a great rate 0