Толковый словарь английского языка - some
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I. adjective see: same Date: before 12th century being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit or thing , 2. being one, a part, or an unspecified number of ~thing (as a class or group) named or implied , being of an unspecified amount or number , remarkable , striking , being at least one, II. pronoun, singular or plural in construction Date: before 12th century one indeterminate quantity, portion, or number as distinguished from the rest, an indefinite additional amount , III. adverb Date: before 12th century about , 2. in ~ degree ; ~what , to ~ degree or extent ; a little , c. — used as a mild intensive going ~> Usage: When ~ is used to modify a number, it is almost always a round number community of ~ 150,000 inhabitants> but because ~ is slightly more emphatic than about or approximately it is occasionally used with a more exact number in an intensive function expert parachutist, he has ~ 115 jumps to his credit — Current Biography>. When ~ is used without a number, most commentators feel that ~what is to be preferred. Their advice is an oversimplification, however; only when ~ modifies an adjective, usually a comparative, will ~what always substitute smoothly. When ~ modifies a verb or adverb, and especially when it follows a verb, substitution of ~what may prove awkward forced me to grow up ~ — E. W. Brooke> not a prude; I've been around ~ in my day — Roy Rogers> Newport, both Southern Cross and Courageous practiced ~ more — W. N. Wallace>.
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1. suffix forming adjectives meaning: 1 adapted to; productive of (cuddlesome; fearsome). 2 characterized by being (fulsome; lithesome). 3 apt to (tiresome; meddlesome). Etymology: OE -sum 2. suffix forming nouns from numerals, meaning 'a group of (so many)' (foursome). Etymology: OE sum SOME, used after numerals in genit. pl. 3. comb. form denoting a portion of a body, esp. of a cell (chromosome; ribosome). Etymology: Gk soma body SOME adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 that is unknown or unnamed (will return some day; some fool has locked the door; to some extent). 3 denoting an approximate number (waited some twenty minutes). 4 a considerable amount or number of (went to some trouble). 5 (usu. stressed) a at least a small amount of (do have some consideration). b such to a certain extent (that is some help). c colloq. notably such (I call that some story). --pron. some people or things, some number or amount (I have some already; would you like some more?). --adv. colloq. to some extent (we talked some; do it some more). Phrases and idioms and then some sl. and plenty more than that. some few see FEW. Etymology: OE sum f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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