SOME, a. sum.

1. Noting a certain quantity of a thing, but indeterminate; a portion greater or less. Give me some bread; drink some wine; bring some water.
2. Noting a number of persons or things, greater or less, but indeterminate. Some theoretical writers alledge that there was a time when there was no such thing as society. – Blackstone.
3. Noting a person or thing, but not known, or not specific and definite. Some person, I know not who, gave me the information. Enter the city, and some man will direct you to the house. Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other of their lives, are ambitious of representing their county in parliament. – Blackstone.
4. It sometimes precedes a word of number or quantity, with the sense of about or near, noting want of certainty as to the specific number or amount, but something near it; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some seventy miles distant; an object at some good distance. – Bacon.
5. Some is often opposed to others. Some men believe one thing, and others another.
6. Some is often used without a noun, and then like other adjectives, is a substitute for a noun. We consumed some of our provisions, and the rest was given to the poor. Some to the shores do fly, / Some to the woods. – Daniel. Your edicts some reclaim from sins, / But most your life and blest example wins. – Dryden.
7. Some is used as a termination of certain adjectives, as in handsome, mettlesome, blithesome, fullsome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome. In these words, some has primarily the sense of little, or a certain degree; a little blithe or glad. But in usage, it rather indicates a considerable degree of the thing or quantity; as, mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, very glad or joyous.

1. A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
2. An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound] as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
3. Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some.
   
   

   Some theoretical writers allege that there was a time when there was no such thing as society. Blackstone.

4. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man.
   
   
   "Some brighter clime." Mrs. Barbauld.

   Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent. Chaucer.

   Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other of their lives, are ambitious of representing their county in Parliament. Blackstone.

5. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.
6. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence.
   
   
   Shak.

   The number slain on the rebel's part were some two thousand. Bacon.

7. Considerable in number or quantity.
   
   
   "Bore us some leagues to sea." Shak.

   On its outer point, some miles away.
   The lighthouse lifts its massive masonry. Longfellow.

8. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.
   
   

   Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell into good ground. Matt. xiii. 7, 8.

9. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
   
   

   Your edicts some reclaim from sins,
   But most your life and blest example wins. Dryden.

   All and some, one and all. See under All, adv. [Obs.]

   * The illiterate in the United States and Scotland often use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an equivalent expression; as, I am some tired; he is some better; it rains some, etc.

   Some . . . some, one part . . . another part; these . . . those; -- used distributively.

   Some to the shores do fly,
   Some to the woods, or whither fear advised. Daniel.

   * Formerly used also of single persons or things: this one . . . that one; one . . . another.

   Some in his bed, some in the deep sea. Chaucer.