Meaning

4 senses

  1. A certain number (multiple but not all).

    Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.

    einige, manche

    не́которыйnékotoryj

    де́якийdéjakyj

  2. An indefinite quantity.

    Can I have some of them?

    ein paar, einige

    немно́гоnemnógo, не́сколькоnéskolʹko

    кі́лькаkílʹka, тро́хиtróxy

  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.

    etwas

    немно́гоnemnógo, небольшая частьnebolʹšaja častʹ

    тро́хиtróxy

  4. (obsolete)Someone, a certain person.

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

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  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

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  3. Will you have some more cake?

    Візьмеш ще пирога? — aandrusiak

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  4. Can I have some more tea?

    Можна, будь ласка, ще чаю? — ascolto

    ruМожно мне ещё чаю? — marafon

    deKann ich noch Tee haben? — MUIRIEL

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  5. Let's make it some other time.

    Зробімо це якось наступного разу. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a certain number:
indefinite quantity or number:
Русский
By meaning 3
a certain number:
indefinite quantity or number:
indefinite amount, part:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a certain number:
indefinite quantity or number:
indefinite amount, part:

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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Forms

Synonyms

1 synonyms
an indefinite quantity:a few

Antonyms

3 antonyms
manyA1muchA1noneB1

Collocations

12 patterns
  • buy some
  • some money
  • some people
  • to buy some
  • without some help
  • get some
  • get some sleep
  • some help
  • some time
  • some more
  • to get some
  • some of the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sombreC1sombrerosomebodyA2somebody'ssomedayA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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