somewhat
some·what
somewhat · somewhats
A certain quantity or degreeA certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/ˈsʌmwɒt/US/ˈsʌmwʌt/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
(countable, uncountable)A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
Origin
From some + what.From some + what.
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Forms
plural: somewhatsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.