some
Meaning
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- A certain number, at least two.
- An indefinite quantity.
- An indefinite amount, a part.
Synonyms
a little bit
not many
some one
a certain
the rest
number of
the others
a feature
some sort of
part of
of the
this much
worthy of note
as many as
certain people
not much
small amount
small quantity
some or other
some others
what kind
one part
one portion
one section
in any way
of some kind
of some sort
certain number
small quantity of
quite an
certain number of
opus so
couple of
some end-of-line hyphenation
some quotation marks
a an
a couple of
any one
one of
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sʌm/
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.
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