some

determiner

• 1an unspecified amount or number of:I made some money running errands he played some records for me

• 2used to refer to someone or something that is unknown or unspecified:she married some newspaper magnate twice her age there must be some mistake he’s in some kind of trouble

• 3(used with a number) approximately:some thirty different languages are spoken

• 4(pronounced stressing ‘some’) a considerable amount or number of:he went to some trouble I’ve known you for some years now

• 5(pronounced stressing ‘some’) at least a small amount or number of:he liked some music but generally wasn’t musical

• 6(pronounced stressing ‘some’) expressing admiration of something notable:that was some goal
• used ironically to express disapproval or disbelief:Mr Power gave his stock reply. Some help! not that Jennifer would ever be on the dole. Some chance of that

pronoun

• 1an unspecified number or amount of people or things:here are some of our suggestions if you want whisky I’ll give you some

• 2(pronounced stressing ‘some’) at least a small amount or number of people or things:surely some have noticed

adverb

• to some extent; quite a lot:he needs feeding up some