some

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pronoun

somsom'sum

1.
A certain number (multiple but not all).
Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
2.
An indefinite quantity.
Can I have some of them?
3.
An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.
Please give me some of the cake.
Everyone is wrong some of the time.
4.
(obsolete)Someone, a certain person.

determiner

somsom'sum

1.
(stressed form) A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.
Near-synonym: any
Some people like camping.
Đồng nghĩa: any
2.
A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).
Near-synonym: any
Would you like some grapes?
Đồng nghĩa: any
3.
An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
Near-synonym: any
Would you like some water?
After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
Đồng nghĩa: any
4.
(stressed form) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
5.
(stressed form) A considerable quantity or number of.
He had edited the paper for some years.
He stopped working some time ago.
6.
(stressed form) Approximately, about (with a number).
She has worked at the company for some thirty years now. (31 and two months, to be exact.)
There were only some three or four cars in the lot at the time.
7.
(stressed form) Emphasizing a number.
She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!
8.
(informal)(informal, stressed form) A remarkable.
He is some acrobat!
That was some speech you gave!

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

somsom'

Superlative

sum

1.
(not comparable)Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
Đồng nghĩa: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to, essentially, for all practical purposes, fornigh, give or take, imprecisely, just about, kind of, loosely, more or less, nearly, near, nearabout, nigh on, odd, or so, plus or minus, roundly, roughly, say, some, -some, sort of, thereabout, virtually, well-nigh, ±
2.
(dialectal, not comparable)(dialect) To a certain extent, or for a certain period.
3.
(dialectal, not comparable)(dialect) Somewhat, a little.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

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Trái nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (some, a certain one), from *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (some, a certain one), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (one, whole).