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some
- /sʌm/ UK
- [sɐm] UK
- /sʊm/ Northern England
- /sʌm/ US
- [sɐm] US
- /səm/
- /sɐm/ Australia, New Zealand
- [säm] Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like sum · Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
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.
pronoun som · som' · sum
- A certain number (multiple but not all). Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
- An indefinite quantity. Can I have some of them?
- An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects. Please give me some of the cake.
- Someone, a certain person. Euery counseller extolleth counsell; but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.
determiner som · som' · sum
- A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two. Near-synonym: any
- A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things). Near-synonym: any
- An unspecified amount of (something uncountable). Near-synonym: any
- A certain, an unspecified or unknown. I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
- A considerable quantity or number of. He had edited the paper for some years.
- Approximately, about (with a number). She has worked at the company for some thirty years now. (31 and two months, to be exact.)
- Emphasizing a number. She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!
- A remarkable. He is some acrobat!
adverb som · som' · sum
- Of a measurement: approximately, roughly. I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
- To a certain extent, or for a certain period. They walked some and talked some.
- Somewhat, a little. I felt some better and continued taking the preparation through all that day, still ad libitum, and by evening, twenty-four hours after I began its use, felt considerably improved.
