English - Etymology

From Middle English some, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), 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”), Low German somige (“some”), Dutch sommige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic

English - Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sʌm/, [sɐm]
• (US) IPA^(key): /sʌm/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /sam/, [säm]
• Homophone: sum
• Rhymes: -ʌm

English - Pronoun

some

1. A certain number, at least one.

   Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.

2. An indefinite quantity.

   Can I have some of them?

3. An indefinite amount, a part.

   please give me some of the cake;  everyone is wrong some of the time

Synonyms

• (an indefinite quantity): a few

Antonyms

• many
• much
• none

Translations

English - Determiner

some

1. A certain proportion of, at least one.

   Some people like camping.

2. An unspecified quantity or number of.

   Would you like some grapes?

3. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

   Would you like some water?

4. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.

   I've just met some guy who said he knew you.   The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.

5. A considerable quantity or number of.

   He had edited the paper for some years.

6. ​(informal) A remarkable.

   He is some acrobat!

Synonyms

• a few

Antonyms

• many
• much
• no

Derived terms

Translations

English - Adverb

some (not comparable)

1. Of a measurement; approximately, roughly

   I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.

   Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.

   Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.

Translations

English - Anagrams

• emos, OEMs, omes

Finnish - Etymology

Short for sosiaalinen media (“social media”)

Finnish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso̞me̞/
• Hyphenation: so‧me

Finnish - Noun

some

1. (jargon) social media

   Jos tänä päivänä aikoo menestyä politiikassa, on pakko olla somessa.

   If one wants to be successful in politics nowadays, it's obligatory to be in the social media.

Declension

Galician - Verb

some

1. third-person singular present indicative of sumir

Italian - Noun

some f

1. plural form of soma

Italian - Anagrams

• Mosè

Portuguese - Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.mi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.me/

Portuguese - Verb

some

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sumir

   Ele some.

   He vanishes.

2. second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of sumir

   Tu aí, some sozinho.

   You there, vanish by yourself.

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