Meaning

8 senses
  1. A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.

    Near-synonym: any

    Some people like camping.

    einige, manch

    не́сколькоnéskolʹko, немно́гоnemnógo

  2. A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).

    Near-synonym: any

    Would you like some grapes?

    einige, welche, ein paar

    кі́лькаkílʹka

  3. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

    Near-synonym: any

    Would you like some water?

    etwas

  4. 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.

    irgendein

    како́й-тоkakój-to, не́которыйnékotoryj, како́й-нибудьkakój-nibudʹ

    яки́йсьjakýjsʹ, котри́йсьkotrýjsʹ, де́якийdéjakyj

  5. A considerable quantity or number of.

    He had edited the paper for some years.

    He stopped working some time ago.

    einige, etliche

    не́сколькоnéskolʹko

  6. 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. Emphasizing a number.

    She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!

  8. (informal)A remarkable.

    He is some acrobat!

    That was some speech you gave!

Examples

20228 sentences
  1. Can I have some more milk?

    Можна мені ще молока? — deniko

    ruМожно мне ещё молока? — marafon

    deKönnte ich noch etwas Milch haben? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I'd like some more bread, please.

    Будь ласка, ще хліба. — ascolto

    ruБудьте добры, можно ещё хлеба? — marafon

    deIch hätte gerne noch etwas Brot. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Will you have some more cake?

    Візьмеш ще пирога? — aandrusiak

  4. Can I have some more tea?

    Можна, будь ласка, ще чаю? — ascolto

    ruМожно мне ещё чаю? — marafon

    deKann ich noch Tee haben? — MUIRIEL

  5. Let's make it some other time.

    Зробімо це якось наступного разу. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
unspecified quantity or number of:
certain, unspecified or unknown:
Русский
By meaning 2
(stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of:
certain, unspecified or unknown:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
(stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of:
unspecified quantity or number of:
unspecified amount of:
certain, unspecified or unknown:
considerable quantity or number of:

Origin

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Wes

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

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