someremarkable: That was some thunder storm.; unspecified quantity: I?d like some candy.Not to be confused with:sum ? a quantity obtained by addition: The sum of 13 and 20 is 33.; the final aggregateAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreesome (s?m)adj.1. Being an unspecified number or quantity: Some people came into the room. Would you like some sugar?2. Being a portion or an unspecified number or quantity of a whole or group: He likes some modern sculpture but not all.3. Being a considerable number or quantity: She has been directing films for some years now.4. Unknown or unspecified by name: Some man called.5. Logic Being part and perhaps all of a class.6. Informal Remarkable: She is some skier.pron.1. An indefinite or unspecified number or portion: We took some of the books to the auction. See Usage Note at every.2. An indefinite additional quantity: did the assigned work and then some.adv.1. Approximately; about: Some 40 people attended the rally.2. Informal Somewhat: some tired.[Middle English, from Old English sum, a certain one; see sem- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.some (s?m; unstressed s?m) determiner1. a. (a) certain unknown or unspecified: some lunatic drove into my car; some people never learn. b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): some can teach and others can’t. 2. a. an unknown or unspecified quantity or amount of: there’s some rice on the table; he owns some horses. b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): we’ll buy some. 3. a. a considerable number or amount of: he lived some years afterwards. b. a little: show him some respect. 4. (usually stressed) informal an impressive or remarkable: that was some game!. 5. a certain amount (more) (in the phrases some more and (informal) and then some)6. about; approximately: he owes me some thirty pounds. advnot standard US to a certain degree or extent: I guess I like him some. [Old English sum; related to Old Norse sumr, Gothic sums, Old High German sum some, Sanskrit samá any, Greek ham? somehow]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014some (s?m; unstressed s?m) adj. 1. being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. 2. certain (used with plural nouns): Some days I stay home. 3. unspecified in number, amount, degree, etc.: to some extent. 4. unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.: We talked for some time. 5. Informal. remarkable of its type: That was some storm. pron. 6. certain persons, individuals, instances, etc., not specified: Some think he is dead. 7. an unspecified number, amount, etc., as distinguished from the rest or in addition: He paid a thousand dollars and then some. adv. 8. approximately; about: Some 300 were present. 9. to some degree or extent: I like baseball some. [before 900; Middle English (adj. and pronoun); Old English sum orig., someone, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German sum, Old Norse sumr, Gothic sums] -some1 , an adjective-forming suffix, now unproductive, with the meanings ?like,? ?tending to?: burdensome; quarrelsome. [Middle English; Old English -sum, c. Old Frisian -sum; akin to Old Saxon, Old High German -sam, Old Norse -samr, Gothic -sams] -some2 , a collective suffix used with numerals: threesome. [Middle English -sum, Old English sum some (pronoun)] -some3 , a combining form used in the names of structures or regions of a cell (chromosome; ribosome), chromosomes (autosome), or organisms having the form specified by the initial element (schistosome; trypanosome). [You use some in front of the plural form of a noun to talk about a number of people or things, without saying who or what they are, or how many of them there are.You can also use some in front of an uncountable noun to talk about a quantity of something, without saying how much of it there is.When you use some in front of the plural form of a noun, you use a plural form of a verb with it.When you use some in front of an uncountable noun, you use a singular form of a verb with it.Be Careful!Don’t use some as part of the object of a negative sentence. Don’t say, for example, ‘I don’t have some money’. You say ‘I don’t have any money’.You use some of in front of a plural noun phrase beginning with the, these, those, or a possessive. You do this to talk about a number of people or things belonging to a particular group.You use some of in front of a singular noun phrase beginning with the, this, that, or a possessive to talk about a part of something.You can use some of like this in front of plural or singular pronouns.Don’t use ‘we’ or ‘they’ after some of. Use us or them.Some can itself be a plural or singular pronoun.In questions, you can use either some or any as part of an object. You use some when you are asking someone to confirm that something is true. For example, if you think someone wants to ask you some questions, you might ask ‘Do you have some questions?’ But if you do not know whether they want to ask questions or not, you would ask ‘Do you have any questions?’You use some with time or with a word such as hours or months to say that something lasts for a fairly long time.To refer to a fairly short period of time, don’t use ‘some’. Say a short time or use a few in front of a word such as hours or months.
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-some 1suff. Characterized by a specified quality, condition, or action: bothersome.[Middle English -som, from Old English -sum, -like; see sem- in Indo-European roots.]-some 2suff. A group of a specified number of members: threesome.[Middle English -sum, from Old English sum, some; see some.]-some 3suff.1. Body: centrosome.2. Chromosome: monosome.[From Greek s?ma, body; see teu?- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-some suffix forming adjectives characterized by; tending to: awesome; tiresome. [Old English -sum; related to Gothic -sama, German -sam]-some suffix forming nouns indicating a group of a specified number of members: threesome. [Old English sum, special use of some (determiner)]-some (-s??m) n combining forma body: chromosome. [from Greek s?ma body]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014some (s?m; unstressed s?m) adj. 1. being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. 2. certain (used with plural nouns): Some days I stay home. 3. unspecified in number, amount, degree, etc.: to some extent. 4. unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.: We talked for some time. 5. Informal. remarkable of its type: That was some storm. pron. 6. certain persons, individuals, instances, etc., not specified: Some think he is dead. 7. an unspecified number, amount, etc., as distinguished from the rest or in addition: He paid a thousand dollars and then some. adv. 8. approximately; about: Some 300 were present. 9. to some degree or extent: I like baseball some. [before 900; Middle English (adj. and pronoun); Old English sum orig., someone, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German sum, Old Norse sumr, Gothic sums] -some1 , an adjective-forming suffix, now unproductive, with the meanings ?like,? ?tending to?: burdensome; quarrelsome. [Middle English; Old English -sum, c. Old Frisian -sum; akin to Old Saxon, Old High German -sam, Old Norse -samr, Gothic -sams] -some2 , a collective suffix used with numerals: threesome. [Middle English -sum, Old English sum some (pronoun)] -some3 , a combining form used in the names of structures or regions of a cell (chromosome; ribosome), chromosomes (autosome), or organisms having the form specified by the initial element (schistosome; trypanosome). [