some

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   remarkable

   that was some party

2. 2
   pron

   A certain number (multiple but not all).

   Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.

3. 3
   pron

   An indefinite quantity.

   Can I have some of them?

4. 4
   pron

   An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.

   Please give me some of the cake.

5. 5
   pron

   Someone, a certain person.

   Euery counseller extolleth counsell; but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.

6. 6
   det

   A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.

   Near-synonym: any

7. 7
   det

   A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).

   Near-synonym: any

8. 8
   det

   An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

   Near-synonym: any

Etymology

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 sam…