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some > 6 senses
ADJECTIVE1someQuantifier
2someUnknown or unspecified
3someRelatively many but unspecified in number
4someRemarkable
5someRelatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
ADVERB1some, approximately, about, close to, just about, roughly, more or less, around, or so(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
some > pronunciation
Soundssah'm
Rhymesabolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, and 544 more rhymes in ahm at the HyperDic website...
some > adjective 1
MeaningQuantifier. Used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity.
Examples"have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper"
Similarany, whatever, whatsoever; both; several
See alsomany; few
Contraryno; all
some > adjective 2
MeaningUnknown or unspecified.
Examples"some lunatic drove into my car"; "some man telephoned while you were out"; "some day my prince will come"; "some enchanted evening"
Similar tounspecified
some > adjective 3
MeaningRelatively many but unspecified in number.
Examples"they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
Similar tomany
some > adjective 4
MeaningRemarkable.
Examples"that was some party"; "she is some skier"
Similar toextraordinary
Usagecolloquialism; cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
some > adjective 5
MeaningRelatively much but unspecified in amount or extent.
Examples"we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
Similar tomuch
some > adverb
Meaning(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Examples"some forty people came"
Synonymsapproximately, about, close to, just about, roughly, more or less, around, or so

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