[suhm; unstressed suh
m] 
| 1. | being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. |
| 2. | (used with plural nouns) certain: Some days I stay home. |
| 3. | of a certain unspecified number, amount, degree, etc.: to some extent. |
| 4. | unspecified but considerable in number, amount, degree, etc.: We talked for some time. He was here some weeks. |
| 5. | Informal. of impressive or remarkable quality, consequence, extent, etc.: That was some storm. |
| 6. | certain persons, individuals, instances, etc., not specified: Some think he is dead. |
| 7. | an unspecified number, amount, etc., as distinguished from the rest or in addition: He paid a thousand dollars and then some. |
| 8. | (used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about: Some 300 were present. |
| 9. | Informal. to some degree or extent; somewhat: I like baseball some. She is feeling some better today. |
| 10. | Informal. to a great degree or extent; considerably: That's going some. |
| a native English suffix formerly used in the formation of adjectives: quarrelsome; burdensome. |
| a collective suffix used with numerals: twosome; threesome. |
| some (sŭm) adj.
[Middle English, from Old English sum, a certain one; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
-some suff.
Body: centrosome.
Chromosome: autosome.
some
see and then some; catch some rays; catch some z's; dig up (some dirt); in a (some) sense; in some measure; one of these days (some day); take some doing; to some degree; win some, lose some.