Definition: some

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

some
     adj 1: quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count
            nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity;
            "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming";
            "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some
            paper" [syn: some] [ant: no, all]
     2: unknown or unspecified; "some lunatic drove into my car";
        "some man telephoned while you were out"; "some day my
        prince will come"; "some enchanted evening" [syn: some]
     3: relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we
        talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
        [syn: some]
     4: relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here
        for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
        [syn: some]
     5: (informal; slang) remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is
        some skier"
     adv : (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
           "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a
           minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all
           I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty
           people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds";
           "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20
           or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately,
           about, close to, just about, roughly, more or
           less, around, or so]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

-some \-some\ (-s[=o]m).
   A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the
   body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.

-some \-some\ (-s[u^]m). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam,
   Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See Same, a., and
   cf. Some, a.]
   An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or
   same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or
   quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in
   mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of
   gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.

Some \Some\ (s[u^]m), a. [OE. som, sum, AS. sum; akin to OS.,
   OFries., & OHG. sum, OD. som, D. sommig, Icel. sumr, Dan.
   somme (pl.), Sw. somlige (pl.), Goth. sums, and E. same.
   [root]191. See Same, a., and cf. -some.]
   1. Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed
      of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to
      express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine;
      some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I
      have some.

            Some theoretical writers allege that there was a
            time when there was no such thing as society.
                                                  --Blackstone.

   2. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event,
      etc., as not known individually, or designated more
      specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. ``Some
      brighter clime.'' --Mrs. Barbauld.

            Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent.
                                                  --Chaucer.

            Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other
            of their lives, are ambitious of representing their
            county in Parliament.                 --Blackstone.

   3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some
      extent just.

   4. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals,
      but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or
      distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or
      three persons; some hour hence.