some
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1.0
- determiner
- /sʌm/
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algunos
- Could you lend me some money until payday?
- some cases
- some people
- in some ways
It's not bad, just needs some salt, that's all.
- It's not bad, just needs some salt, that's all.
- They both speak to some sort of lack.
- They had let me look at some famous Saints.
- And so they hired some people to do it.
- Can we please deploy some soul and scale it?
- Let's go take some cardboard to the bin.
Examples
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And we'll talk about some of those on Thursday.
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Though clearly we do have some work to do.
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So you can go through some steps here.
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I am going to be doing some live shows.
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Should we go and get you some breakfast?
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I think there may be some truth in what he says.
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In some cases, it's necessary to give up some features in favor of others.
Academic text (2011) -
OK, well we need to set some boundaries here.
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I'm gonna need some help.
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So we brought back some wine battered fish.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small number of people or things, more than one but not many
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1.0
More than two but not many people or things
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1.0
A small number of things or people, usually two but sometimes a few
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To make people work together by firmly telling them to stop arguing
- Informal
To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick
Compounds
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Etymology
Some comes from the old English root sum, meaning 'one' or 'a certain', and it is the same root in someone and something. That's why some is used to mean an 'unspecified' amount—'Would you like some tea?' means any amount, not a fixed one.