Meaning

A certain number (multiple but not all)..

Definitions by Sense

1. A certain number (multiple but not all).
2. An indefinite quantity.
3. An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.
4. (obsolete) Someone, a certain person.
5. (stressed form) A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.
6. A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).
7. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
8. (stressed form) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.

Example Sentences

Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.

Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

Can I have some of them?

Please give me some of the cake.

Everyone is wrong some of the time.

Euery counseller extolleth counsell; but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.

Near-synonym: any

Some people like camping.

Word Forms

• som
• som'
• sum

Synonyms for some

Antonyms for some

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When Should You Use Some?

Use some when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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